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Casualty Info
Home Town Boston, MA
Last Address 1 Harrison Park Dorchester, MA
Casualty Date Nov 19, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)
Military Service Number 2 014 980
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
The USS Sculpin (SS-191) was on her ninth war patrol in the Turk Island Area on November 19, 1943 when she was attacked by the enemy. Damage from depth-charges forced her to surface. Although many of the crew were taken prisoner by the Japanese, CMoMM Gabrunas was manning the hydraulic manifold when Sculpin was scuttled and went down with the vessel. He was listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
Comments/Citation:
Submarine war patrols: USS Sculpin (SS-191) - 1st through 9th
Philip Joseph Gabrunas was born July 11, 1914 in Massachusetts, son of Peter and Jadviga â??Jennieâ?? (Brazas) Gabrunas. His parents, both born in Lithuania, immigrated to the US in 1905 and 1912. His family lived in Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts, where his father worked as a blacksmith. He had one sister.
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