McCoy, Walter Glen, CMoMM

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Last Rate
Chief Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
Last Primary NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Last Rating/NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
Primary Unit
1943-1944, MO-0000, USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Service Years
1939 - 1944
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
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Home State
Iowa
Iowa
 Year of Birth
1914
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Eldon, IA		 Last Address
Eldon, IA
Casualty Date
Oct 03, 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)

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Last Known Activity:


The USS Seawolf (SS-197) began her last war patrol on 21 September 1944. On 29 September, she reached Manus Island in northern Papua New Guinea and sailed the same day carrying stores and Army personnel to the east coast of Samar. The last contact from her was on 3 October 1944. On 28 December 1944, the Seawolf was announced overdue from patrol and presumed lost. While serving as a Chief Motor Machinist's Mate aboard the Seawolf, Cheif McCoy was listed as missing in action and later declared dead on 7 October 1945.
   
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Service number: 32130007
   
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  1939-1940, F2c-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

Fireman Second Class

From Month/Year
September / 1939
To Month/Year
July / 1940

Unit
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Unit Page

Rate
Fireman Second Class
NEC
F2c-0000-Fireman 2nd Class

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Details

USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

Nevada Class Battleship:
Displacement 27,500 Tons, Dimensions, 583' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max) Armament 10 x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Triple Turrets, 16" Dual turrets, 3" Second (armor) Deck, 2 1/2" Third (splinter) Deck 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 24,800 IHP; 2 vertical, Triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 864. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., October 26, 1912. Launched March 23, 1914. Commissioned May 2, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken September 1, 1944. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, December 7, 1941.  20 Officers and 395 Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

Her hulk was raised in 1943, Sold for scrap December 5 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers, 540 miles NE, Pearl Harbor, May 17, 1947.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Nevada-class
Strength
Battleship

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USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Barber, Randolph Harold, F2c, (1940-1941) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Battles, Ralph Curtis, F2c, (1940-1941) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Calcaterra, Herbert Andrew, PO1, (1939-1942) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Gara, Martin Anthony, F2c, (1939-1941) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Wheeler, John Dennis, F2c, (1940-1941) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Young, Martin Daymond, F2c, (1940-1941) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Hartigan, Charles Conway, RADM, (1906-1941) OFF 111X Captain
Alexander, Hugh Rossman, LCDR, (1921-1941) OFF 192X Lieutenant Commander
Rommel, Herbert Fox, CAPT, (1934-1969) OFF 00X Ensign
Thompson, Irvin Andrew Rubin, ENS, (1936-1941) 00 00X Ensign
Connolly, John G., ChPClk, (1923-1941) CWO CWO Chief Pay Clerk (CWO)
Austin, John Arnold, C.C., (1920-1941) CWO CWO Chief Carpenter (CWO)
Goggin, Daryl Henry, Mach., (1926-1941) WO WO Machinist (WO)
Ermis, Robert Louis, CPO, (1926-1942) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Baker, Robert Dewey, CPO, (1931-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Cheshire, James Thomas, CPO, (1933-1941) PhM PhM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Day, Francis Daniel, CPO, (1925-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Derrington, Ralph Alva, CPO, (1923-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Furr, Tedd McKinley, CPO, (1922-1941) CM CM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gordon, Duff, CPO, (1917-1941) ME ME-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gurganus, William Isaac, CPO, (1924-1941) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hayden, Albert Eugene, CPO, (1917-1941) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hoard, Herbert John, CPO, (1923-1941) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Sanders, Dean Stanley, CPO, (1927-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
White, Claude, CPO, (1930-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Zvansky, Thomas, CPO, (1920-1941) SM SM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Harris, Daniel Fletcher, CPO, (1919-1941) FC FC-0000 Chief Fire Controlman
Armstrong, Kenneth Berton, PO1, (1920-1941) ML ML-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Blanchard, William Eugene, PO1, (1936-1941) B B-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Burger, Oliver Kenneth, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Carney, Harold F., PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Conway, Edward Leroy, PO1, (1934-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Craig, John William, PO1, (1937-1941) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Curry, William McKnight, PO1, (1923-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Farmer, Luther James, PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Gebser, Paul Heino, PO1, (1922-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hanson, George, PO2, (1936-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hudson, Charles Eugene, PO1, (1923-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Jackson, Willie, PO1, (1930-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Manning, Walter Benjamin, PO1, (1936-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
McCabe, Edwin Bonner, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Melton, Earl Rudolph, PO1, (1938-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Neuenschwander, Arthur Clarence, PO1, (1927-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Phillips, Milo Elah, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Regan, Leo Basil, PO1, (1923-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Schoonover, John Harry, PO1, (1920-1941) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Thompson, Clarence, PO1, (1932-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Woods, Winfred Orval, PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Herbert, George L., PO1, (1929-1941) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 1st Class
Nash, Paul Andrews, PO1, (1933-1941) FC FC-0000 Fire Controlman 1st Class
Butts, Rodger Cornelius, PO1, (1917-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Clement, Hubert Paul, PO1, (1936-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Drwall, Stanislaw Frank, PO1, (1936-1941) PM PM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Eberhardt, Eugene Keller, PO1, (1930-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Hemphill, Richard Earl, CPO, (1933-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Herber, Harvey Christopher, PO1, (1929-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Nielsen, Arnold Madsen, PO1, (1930-1941) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Silva, William Garfield, PO1, (1931-1941) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Smith, Leonard Ferdnay, PO1, (1935-1941) ME ME-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class

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