O'Meara, William Alexander, FC2c

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Last Rate
Fire Controlman 2nd Class
Last Primary NEC
FC-0000-Fire Controlman
Last Rating/NEC Group
Fire Controlman
Primary Unit
1943-1943, FC-0000, USS Runner (SS-275)
Service Years
1940 - 1943
FC-Fire Controlman

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Home State
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
 Year of Birth
1920
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Boston, MA		 Last Address
493 Talbot Ave
Dorchester, MA
Casualty Date
Jul 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 1 (cenotaph)

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Last Known Activity:


The USS Runner (SS-275) left on her patrol for the Kurile Islands on 27 May 1943, and was never heard from again. She may have struck an enemy mine or sunk as a result of an air/sea attack. Declared overdue and presumed lost, she was stricken from the Navy list on 30 October 1943. Fire Controlman, Second Class O'Meara was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 2 January 1946.
   
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Service number: 2017120
   
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  1940-1941, S1c-0000, USS Rigel (AD-13)

Seaman First Class

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December / 1940
To Month/Year
April / 1941

Unit
USS Rigel (AD-13) Unit Page

Rank
Seaman First Class
NEC
S1c-0000-Seaman 1st Class

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Rigel (AD-13) Details

USS Rigel (AD-13)

Type
Combat - Sea 		 

Parent Unit
Rigel-class
Strength
Tender/ Repair Ship

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Dec 28, 2018
   
   
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USS Rigel (AD-13)
Blessing, James Henry, PO1, (1938-1944) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Payne, Lewis Roy, PO1, (1938-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Ramsey, Carl Raymond, PO2, (1935-1942) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Ulrich, Eldor Orville, PO1, (1939-1945) S1c S1c-0000 Seaman First Class
Austin, John Arnold, C.C., (1920-1941) WO WO Carpenter (WO)
Warren, Lester Clarke, CPO, (1926-1947) ME ME-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Morris, Harry Simond, CPO, (1903-1958) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 1st Class
Scott, Delbert, C.E., (1927-1947) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Scott, Delbert, C.E., (1927-1947) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Scott, Delbert, C.E., (1927-1947) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Elder, Joseph Bryan, LTJG, (1925-1947) BM BM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Engebretsen, Edward Mitchell, CPO, (1934-1945) QM QM-0000 Quartermaster 2nd Class
Eldridge, Carney Leon, CPO, (1935-1944) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Ackley, Aubrey Warren, ENS, (1937-1944) PM PM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Holland, Erwin Raymond, PO1, (1936-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Anderson, Paul Leroy, CPO, (1937-1943) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Eldridge, Carney Leon, CPO, (1935-1944) SF SF-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Boivin, Robert Joseph, PO2, (1939-1942) 00 00E Seaman First Class
McDaniel, James Benjamin, PO1, (1937-1942) 00 00E Seaman First Class
Roberts, Claude William, PO1, (1937-1943) F1c F1c-0000 Fireman First Class
Bicknell, Dale Deen, S1c, (1940-1941) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Cole, Walter Henry, CPO, (1940-1945) 00 00E Seaman Second Class
Flowers, Harrison Jewell, PO2, (1940-1955) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Hayes, Vernon (Muggs), CPO, (1940-1962) CM CM-0000 Seaman Second Class
Jones, Paul Borders, PO1, (1940-1946) S2c S2c-0000 Seaman Second Class
Cody, Robert, (1936-1943) SK SK-0000 Hospital Apprentice Second Class
Matney, Vernon Merford, F1c, (1939-1941) F3c F3c-0000 Fireman 3rd Class
Abplanalp., Elmer Henry, CPO, (1939-1945) F2c F2c-0000 Fireman Second Class
Ferguson, Charlton Hanna, Mu2c, (1940-1941) MU MU-0000 Apprentice Seaman
Alday, Thomas, Gun., (1927-1944) Gunner (WO)

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