Fenner, Donald Massey, S1c

Fallen

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Service Details

Last Rank
Seaman First Class

Last Primary NEC
MATT-0000-Mess Attendant

Last Rating/NEC Group
Mess Attendant

Primary Unit
1942-1943, MATT-0000, USS Grampus (SS-207)

Service Years
1940 - 1943

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Virginia

Year of Birth
1922

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Casualty Info

Home Town Smithfield, VA	Last Address Halifax, NC

Casualty Date Mar 05, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Raleigh National Cemetery (VA) - Raleigh, North Carolina	Wall/Plot Coordinates MA 13 (memorial marker)

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Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

The USS Grampus (SS-207) left on her sixth war patrol 11 February 1943, operating off of New Britain. There are conflicting accounts of when she was sunk but she was declared missing 3 March 1943, and struck from the Navy list on 21 June 1943. Mess Attendant First Class Fenner was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 19 January 1946.

Comments/Citation:

Service number: 2661733

NOTE: Some sources have Donald Fenner listed as a Steward First Class (E-3); however, the official NAvy muster rolls have his final rank as Matt1c.

1941-1941, MATT-0000, USS Sculpin (SS-191)

From Month/Year May / 1941	To Month/Year August / 1941
Unit USS Sculpin (SS-191) Unit Page
Rank Mess Attendant Third Class	NEC MATT-0000-Mess Attendant
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Sculpin (SS-191) Details
	Hull number SS-191
	Type Sub-Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Submarines	Strength Submarine
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Dec 30, 2018

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Sculpin (SS-191)

Munson, Henry Glass, CAPT, (1927-1961)	OFF	112X	Lieutenant
Gabrunas, Philip Joseph, CPO, (1934-1943)	MO	MO-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Hemphill, Richard Earl, CPO, (1933-1943)	MM	MM-0000	Chief Petty Officer
Moreton, Arnold Frank, PO1, (1938-1943)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Swift, John Barlow, PO1, (1938-1943)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer 1st Class
Warren, Ellis Edward, PO2, (1940-1943)	EM	EM-0000	Petty Officer Second Class
Harper, James Quinton, PO3, (1941-1943)	TM	TM-0000	Torpedoman 3rd Class
Mendenhall Jr., Corwin, RADM, (1939-1959)			Lieutenant