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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  1942-1942, FC-0000, USS Runner (SS-275)

FC-Fire Controlman

From Month/Year
August / 1942
To Month/Year
October / 1942

Unit
USS Runner (SS-275) Unit Page

Rank
Fire Controlman 3rd Class
NEC
FC-0000-Fire Controlman

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
Not Specified
  
 
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 USS Runner (SS-275) Details

N/A 		Hull number SS-275

Type
Sub-Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Submarines
Strength
Submarine

Created/Owned By
Not Specified
   

Last Updated: Dec 28, 2018
   
   
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18 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Runner (SS-275)
Bourland, Joseph Hunt, LCDR, (1933-1943) OFF 112X Lieutenant Commander
Yoho, Jud Francis, LCDR, (1931-1943) OFF 112X Lieutenant Commander
Pace, Delmont Norman, CPO, (1934-1943) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Gardner, Roger Lee, CPO, (1930-1943) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gregg, Ira Noble, CPO, (1923-1943) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Martin, Charles Merril, CPO, (1935-1943) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Baker, Glen Otis, CPO, (1930-1943) GM GM-0000 Chief Gunner's Mate
Bobba, Primo Luigi, PO1, (1934-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Foltz, Erna Maurice, PO1, (1930-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
King, Homer Lymon, PO1, (1939-1943) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Kloster, George Milton Howard, PO1, (1937-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Shelton, Albert Gerald, PO1, (1937-1943) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Fine, Francis Joseph, PO1, (1940-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Niedwrski, Jacob, PO3, (1940-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Schottler, George Henry, LT, (1940-1943) OFF Lieutenant
Anderson, Lawrence DeForest, LTJG, (1942-1943) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Gluski, Hubert Eugene, LTJG, (1942-1943) OFF Lieutenant Junior Grade
Fenno, Frank Wesley, RADM, (1925-1962) Commander

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