Kloster, George Milton Howard, MoMM1c

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Service Details

Last Rate
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler 1st Class

Last Primary NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler

Last Rating/NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler

Primary Unit
1942-1943, MO-0000, USS Runner (SS-275)

Service Years
1937 - 1943

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Personal Details

Home State

Minnesota

Year of Birth
1919

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Casualty Info

Home Town Munto, MN	Last Address 519 Bank St Coquille, OR

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 3 (cenotaph)
Military Service Number 3 932 386

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Additional Information

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. Motor Machinist's Mate First Class Kloster was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 2 January 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 3932386

1940-1942, MO-0000, USS S-22 (SS-127)

From Month/Year March / 1940	To Month/Year June / 1942
Unit USS S-22 (SS-127) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Second Class	NEC MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS S-22 (SS-127) Details

	Type Sub-Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Submarines	Strength Submarine
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 28, 2018

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

USS S-22 (SS-127)

Foltz, Erna Maurice, PO1, (1930-1943)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Nave, Frank Thomas, PO2, (1937-1942)	MO	MO-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Winquist, Henry Carl Arthur, CPO, (1929-1943)	MM	MM-0000	Petty Officer First Class
Blagg, Leonard Ode, PO2, (1937-1942)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer Third Class
Lunsford, Samuel Elisha, PO2, (1938-1942)	F3c	F3c-0000	Fireman 3rd Class
Niedwrski, Jacob, PO3, (1940-1943)	F2c	F2c-0000	Fireman Second Class
WALES, George, RADM, (1929-1963)			Lieutenant Commander
Enright, Joseph Francis, CAPT, (1933-1963)			Lieutenant
Whiting, George Harris, CAPT, (1932-1966)			Lieutenant Junior Grade