Koster, Nicholas Leo, 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
1942-1944, MO-0000, USS Scorpion (SS-278)
Service Years
1935 - 1944
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
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Home State
Iowa
Iowa
Year of Birth
1917
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Cascade, IA
Last Address
567 Arlington St
Dubuque, IA

Casualty Date
Feb 01, 1944
 
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
South China Sea
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Sacred Heart Cemetery - Fillmroe, Iowa
Wall/Plot Coordinates
(memorial marker)

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Last Known Activity:


USS Scorpion (SS-278) began her last war patrol on 5 December 1943 and was last heard from on 5 January 1944. She was declared lost on 6 March 1944, presumed to have been sunk by Japanese mine. Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Koster was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 11 January 1946.

   
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 Service number: 3209871

   
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  1940-1940, MM-0000, NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

MM-Machinists Mate

From Month/Year
June / 1940

To Month/Year
August / 1940

Unit
NAVSUBASE New London/Groton Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified

State/Country
Not Specified
 
 
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 NAVSUBASE New London/Groton Details

NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

Type
Communications
 

Parent Unit
NAVSUBASE

Strength
Installation

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59 Members Also There at Same Time
NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

Keeter, Dalton Christopher, CPO, (1932-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Foster, Ernest Louis, CPO, (1930-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Nicholson, William Gerard, CPO, (1934-1944) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Wilson, Norman Eugene, PO1, (1937-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Ballinger, William Franklin, CPO, (1928-1944) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Eiben, Joseph, CPO, (1913-1945) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Brooks, William Jeremiah, CPO, (1927-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Ware, Norman Conna, CPO, (1935-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Lewis, Marion Arthur, CPO, (1934-1945) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
Young, William Robert, CPO, (1939-1945) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
McKenzie, Lloyd Charles, PO1, (1934-1943) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Hall, Odell, PO1, (1937-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Parr, Thomas Sherman, PO2, (1936-1943) SM SM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Delaney, Thomas Morris, CPO, (1937-1944) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 3rd Class
Ramsey, Carl Raymond, PO2, (1935-1942) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 3rd Class
Wert, Woodrow Wilson, CPO, (1938-1960) BM Cox-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Aman, Paul Duval, PO1, (1937-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Burrell, David Lee, PO1, (1935-1943) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Gonyer, Alvin Leroy, PO1, (1938-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Huff, John Kirkman, CPO, (1936-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Pinder, Richard Allen, CPO, (1937-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Richardson, James Woodrow, CPO, (1936-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
SAUNDERS, Paul Golden, CPO, (1936-1962) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Simon, Harry, PO1, (1938-1943) GM GM-00TM Seaman First Class
Velebny, Joe Albert, PO1, (1938-1943) TM TM-0000 Seaman First Class
Blanan, Robert Philip, PO1, (1938-1944) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Fisher, Richard Kirk, PO1, (1940-1943) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Hudson, Edgar Walker, CPO, (1939-1944) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Watson, Andrew Thomas, CPO, (1936-1945) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Addy, Theodore Thomas, PO2, (1940-1943) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Arnold, Robert Victor, S2c, (1939-1943) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Burns, Richard Brammall, CPO, (1939-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Jones, Robert Floyd, ENS, (1939-1944) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
McMullen, Mark Gibbons, CPO, (1940-1959) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Stehn, John Edward, PO2, (1937-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Weber, Gerhard Gustav, CPO, (1939-1945) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Frost, Chester Frank, PO1, (1940-1944) F3c F3c-0000 Fireman 3rd Class
Henderson, Hollice Beauford, PO2, (1940-1942) F3c F3c-0000 Fireman 3rd Class
Abplanalp., Elmer Henry, CPO, (1939-1945) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Kloster, George Milton Howard, PO1, (1937-1943) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Sanders, Howard Alfred, PO1, (1937-1942) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Benson, Walter Amburn, S1c, (1940-1941) AS AS-0000 Apprentice Seaman
Niedwrski, Jacob, PO3, (1940-1943) AS AS-0000 Apprentice Seaman
Wyatt, John Clinton, PO1, (1940-1944) AS AS-0000 Apprentice Seaman
Jacobs, Olin, PO1, (1939-1943) AF AF-0000 Apprentice Fireman
Young, Cassin, CAPT, (1912-1942) OFF Commander
Molumphy, George Garvie, CAPT, (1931-1961) OFF Lieutenant
Bontier, Albert Marion, CDR, (1931-1944) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Mason, William Barton, LCDR, (1933-1943) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Miller, John Duckett, LCDR, (1933-1943) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Tyree, Alexander Kelly, CAPT, (1936-1966) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Berry, Howard Burton, LCDR, (1934-1943) OFF Ensign
Blaha, Frank, LCDR, (1935-1944) OFF Ensign
Lockwood, Ralph Huntington, CAPT, (1938-1968) OFF Ensign
Street, George Levick, CAPT, (1937-1966) OFF Ensign
McGREGOR, Donald, RADM, (1926-1956) Lieutenant
Baer, Donald G, RADM, (1937-1970) Lieutenant Junior Grade
Paine, Roger Warde, RADM, (1939-1972) Ensign
Weekley, Leland Stanford, CPO, (1939-1944) Seaman First Class

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