Bonk, Benjamin Wallace, S1c

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Last Rank
Seaman First Class
Last Primary NEC
S1c-0000-Seaman 1st Class
Last Rating/NEC Group
Seaman First Class
Primary Unit
1944-1944, S1c-0000, USS Escolar (SS-294)
Service Years
1943 - 1944
Seaman First Class

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Home State
New Jersey
New Jersey
 Year of Birth
1925
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Camden, NJ		 Last Address
5059 Russell Ave
Pennsauken, NJ
Casualty Date
Oct 17, 1944		  
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean		 Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
(cenotaph)
Military Service Number
8 264 807

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The USS Escolar (SS-294) set out on her first war patrol on 18 September 1944. On 30 September she reported attacking a small surface ship. Her last communication was on 17 October 1944. There are no records to indicate she was attacked and it has been presumed that she struck a mine and sunk. Seaman 1st Class Bonk was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead on 14 November 1945.
   
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  1943-1944, S2c-0000, NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

Seaman Second Class

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- / 1943
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January / 1944

Unit
NAVSUBASE New London/Groton Unit Page

Rank
Seaman Second Class
NEC
S2c-0000-Seaman 2nd Class

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Not Specified
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NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

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NAVSUBASE
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Installation

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NAVSUBASE New London/Groton
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Beck, Merle La Vaghn, PO2, (1942-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
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Coffin, Robert James, PO3, (1942-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Davidson, Jerry Kenneth, PO2, (1941-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Douglass, Harry Burke, PO3, (1943-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Ellis, Richard Martin, S1c, (1943-1946) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Goessel, Edward Frank, PO3, (1942-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Hahn, Fred Leroy, PO3, (1943-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Jacobs, Robert Louis, S2c, (1942-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Keiser, Paul Frederick, S2c, (1943-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Miller, Richard Lawrence, S2c, (1943-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Olson, Paul William, S1c, (1944-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Olson, Paul William, S1c, (1944-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Triupis, Anthony Paul, S1c, (1943-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Tuggle, Donald Dean, PO3, (1941-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Whitright, Willard, PO2, (1942-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Whitright, Willard, PO2, (1942-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Shilling, John Henry, CAPT, (1941-1967) OFF 410X Lieutenant Commander
Farrel, William Stanley, LCDR, (1937-1945) OFF 00X Lieutenant
Gamel, John Worth, ENS, (1938-1943) OFF 00X Ensign
James, Daniel Richard, LTJG, (1941-1944) OFF 210X Ensign
McKnight, Hugh Ferguson, LTJG, (1942-1944) OFF 651X Ensign
Eiben, Joseph, CPO, (1913-1945) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Eiben, Joseph, CPO, (1913-1945) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Gurganus, Arthur Allen, C.T., (1931-1943) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Beaudette, Lloyd Wilson, CPO, (1934-1943) QM QM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hansen, Louis, CPO TM TM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Brooks, William Jeremiah, CPO, (1927-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Davenport, Donald John, CPO, (1938-1943) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Dickerson, Darrell Ellroy, CPO, (1932-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
O'Dell, Paul Frederick, CPO, (1931-1943) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Pennington, Beryl Loyd, CPO, (1931-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Pope, Charles DeWitt, CPO, (1935-1944) GM GM-0000 Chief Gunner's Mate
Burns, Richard Brammall, CPO, (1939-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 1st Class
Miller, Chester, CPO, (1924-1944) 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
Bell, George Lavern, PO1, (1940-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Cabase, Isaac, PO1, (1935-1943) OS OS-0000 Petty Officer First 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
Dube, Normand, PO1, (1943-1970) CS CS-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Evans, John Willard, PO1, (1934-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hansen, Robert Vernon, PO1, (1942-1944) RT RT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hinton, Clarence Cornelius, PO1, (1940-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Mewbourn, Marion Thomas, PO1, (1939-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Read, Edgar Perry, CPO, (1935-1944) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Smith, William Mack, CPO, (1939-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Tiller, Forrest Sterling, PO1, (1940-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Toms, Theodore, PO1, (1938-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Virgil, Arthur Paul, PO1, (1941-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Kipp, Charles Philip, CPO, (1939-1965) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Abrahamson, Arthur, CCS, (1942-1945) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Bonnett, James Clair, PO1, (1938-1945) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Burger, Leo Raymond, PO1, (1941-1945) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Burrell, David Lee, PO1, (1935-1943) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class

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