Bower, William Walter, LT

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Last Rank
Lieutenant
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1944-1944, USS Albacore (SS-218)
Service Years
1942 - 1944
Lieutenant Lieutenant

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Home State
Missouri
Missouri
 Year of Birth
1917
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
St. Louis, MO		 Last Address
Hammond, IN
Casualty Date
Nov 07, 1944		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 5 (cenotaph)

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The USS Albacore (SS-218) began a patrol on October 24, 1944, and refueled at Midway Island on October 28th. There was no further contact with the boat after that date. Japanese records report a submarine exploding as the result of contact with a mine on November 7, 1944 and the Albacore was presumed lost on December 21st 1944. Lieutenant Bower was officially declared dead on December 13, 1945.
   
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Service number: 161175
   
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  1944-1944, NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

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Shaffer, Walter Levis, LCDR, (1936-1944) OFF Lieutenant
Spikes, Russell Henry, LT, (1935-1945) OFF Lieutenant
Smith, Logan Champeon, LTJG, (1942-1945) OFF Ensign
Shilling, John Henry, CAPT, (1941-1967) OFF 410X Lieutenant Commander
James, Daniel Richard, LTJG, (1941-1944) OFF 210X Ensign
Eiben, Joseph, CPO, (1913-1945) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Hansen, Louis, CPO TM TM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Burns, Richard Brammall, CPO, (1939-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 1st Class
Boyd, Edgar, CPO, (1939-1960) SM SM-0000 Signalman 1st Class
Lingel, Thomas William, PO1, (1939-1945) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 1st Class
Carleton, William Ernest, PO1, (1940-1945) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Cusic, Arthur John, PO1, (1940-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
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Buczek, Kadzmir Joseph, PO2, (1942-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 2nd Class
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Boucher, Ralph Irving, PO1, (1941-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Davidson, Jerry Kenneth, PO2, (1941-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Day, Charles Jack, PO2, (1942-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
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Mannas, Oscar Victor, PO2, (1942-1945) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Patterson, Robert Spencer, PO2, (1942-1945) SO SO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Patterson, Robert Spencer, PO2, (1942-1945) SO SO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Roberts, John Alfred, PO1, (1942-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hancock, John Lincoln, PO2, (1942-1945) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
Hawkins, William Paul, PO2, (1942-1945) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Bishop, John Wesley, PO2, (1941-1948) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Consiglio, Frederick Franklin, PO2, (1941-1947) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
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Bertram, Walter Eugene, PO2, (1942-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Bertram, Walter Eugene, PO2, (1942-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
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Fritz, Fred Christian, PO2, (1943-1945) RM RM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
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Johnson, James Gordon, PO3, (1942-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
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Alcorn, Alfred Glenn, PO2, (1942-1948) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
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Tien, Kenneth Raymond, PO3, (1942-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Toth, James, PO3, (1943-1945) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Anderson, Harold Andrew, PO2, (1943-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Benner, James Donald, S1c, (1944-1945) TM TM-0000 Seaman First Class
Blair, Clay Drewry, PO2, (1943-1946) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Fahey, James Roque, PO3, (1943-1945) RM RM-0000 Seaman First Class
Fahey, James Roque, PO3, (1943-1945) RM RM-0000 Seaman First Class
Foust, Kenneth Earl, PO3, (1943-1945) QM QM-0000 Seaman First Class

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