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Keeter, Dalton Christopher, CMoMM.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Hugo, OK
Last Address San Diego, CA
Casualty Date Oct 11, 1943
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 3 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Japanese records reported that on 11 October, 1943 the date USS Wahoo (SS-238) was due to exit through La Pérouse Strait, an antisubmarine aircraft sighted a wake and an apparent oil slick from a submerged submarine. The Japanese initiated a combined air and sea attack with numerous depth charges throughout the day. Sawfish had been depth-charged by a patrol boat while transiting the strait two days before, and the enemy's antisubmarine forces were on the alert; their attacks fatally holed Wahoo, and she sank with all hands. She was declared overdue on 2 December 1943 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 6 December 1943.
Chief Motor Machinist's Mate Keeter was a member of the crew. He was listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
