Collom, Perry Aubrey, TM2c

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rate
Torpedoman's Mate 2nd Class

Last Primary NEC
TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate

Last Rating/NEC Group
Torpedoman's Mate

Primary Unit
1944-1944, TM-0000, USS Albacore (SS-218)

Service Years
1942 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Arizona

Year of Birth
1922

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Casualty Info

Home Town Somerton, AZ	Last Address Somerton, AZ

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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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

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. Torpedoman's Mate Second Class Collom was officially declared dead on December 13, 1945.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 6805021

1943-1943, TM-0000, USS Rainier (AE-5)

From Month/Year - / 1943	To Month/Year September / 1943
Unit USS Rainier (AE-5) Unit Page
Rank Torpedoman 3rd Class	NEC TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Rainier (AE-5) Details
	Hull number AE-5
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Surface Vessels	Strength Auxiliary
	Created/Owned By DP Chief Administrator, TWS, DP1 2813

Last Updated: Dec 15, 2018

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6 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Rainier (AE-5)

Meek, William Woodruff, CAPT, (1909-1946)	OFF	00X	Captain
Strattan, Maurice Crooks, PO2, (1939-1944)	YN	YN-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Johnson, Burton Paul, PO2, (1942-1944)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Housman, Carl Ivan, PO3, (1942-1944)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer 3rd Class
Heaton, George Vines, PO2, (1942-1945)	F1c	F1c-0000	Fireman First Class
Mayfield, James Mosco, PO2, (1942-1945)	S2c	S2c-0000	Seaman Second Class