Kirchgessner, Edwin Pete, TMC

Deceased
 
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Last Rank
Chief Petty Officer
Last Primary NEC
TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Torpedoman's Mate
Primary Unit
1957-1958, TM-0000, USS Picuda (SS-382)
Service Years
1939 - 1958
TM-Torpedoman's Mate
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Home State
Washington
Washington
 Year of Birth
1920
 
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Contact Info
Home Town
Everett, WA		 Last Address
Snohomish, WA
Date of Passing
Nov 15, 2012		  
Location of Interment
Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean

 Official Badges 

WW II Honorable Discharge Pin US Navy Retired 20 US Navy Honorable Discharge


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 Additional Information
Last Known Activity:


Edwin rejoined his wife on November 15, 2012. He was born in Everett on May 14, 1920. He enjoyed 92 years of an exciting and full life.

He graduated from Everett High School in 1938 and went on to spend 20 years in the US Navy, 16 of them on submarines, including four years on submarines during WWII in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. He worked at Sumner Iron Works until retirement at age 62. He and his wife spent the next 20 some years traveling the country in a motor home.

His wife Betty died in November 2010.

His ashes will be taken to sea on a Trident submarine and consigned to the deep through a torpedo tube somewhere in the Pacific Ocean.
   
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Service number: 3858047

Submarine war patrols: USS Blackfish (SS-221) - 1st through 8th
   
  1942-1942, TM-0000, NAVSUBASE New London/Groton

TM-Torpedoman's Mate

From Month/Year
June / 1942
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July / 1942

Unit
NAVSUBASE New London/Groton Unit Page

Rank
Torpedoman 3rd Class
NEC
TM-0000-Torpedoman's Mate

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NAVSUBASE
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NAVSUBASE New London/Groton
Eiben, Joseph, CPO, (1913-1945) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Gurganus, Arthur Allen, C.T., (1931-1943) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Sloggett, Vernard Leslie, LTJG, (1918-1944) TM TM-0000 Chief Torpedoman
Giaimo, Anthony, CPO, (1934-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 1st Class
Miller, Chester, CPO, (1924-1944) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 1st Class
Heidenrich, Jean Thomas, PO1, (1940-1944) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 2nd Class
Johnson, Kindred Burnelle, PO1, (1937-1943) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 2nd Class
Payne, Lewis Roy, PO1, (1938-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 2nd Class
Babig, Joseph William, PO1, (1942-1944) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Heidenrich, Jean Thomas, PO1, (1940-1944) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Miller, Leroy Sparely, MCPO, (1942-1983) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Morgan, George Peter, PO3, (1941-1945) TM TM-0000 Torpedoman 3rd Class
Corkery, Charles Raymond, PO2, (1941-1943) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer Third Class
Dallessandro, Vincent Louis, PO1, (1940-1944) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Houghton, Wilbur Seth, PO1, (1940-1945) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Wert, Woodrow Wilson, CPO, (1938-1960) TM TM-0000 Petty Officer 3rd Class
Irwin, Henry Taylor, LCDR, (1938-1944) OFF 00X Lieutenant
CLARK, Charles, CAPT, (1939-1967) OFF 117X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Lassiter, John Henry, LT, (1940-1943) OFF 00X Ensign
Ray, Sherry Buford, LTJG, (1941-1943) OFF 00X Ensign
Brooks, William Jeremiah, CPO, (1927-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gregg, Ira Noble, CPO, (1923-1943) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hatfield, Hiram Delbert, LTJG, (1928-1944) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hutcherson, Vard William, CPO, (1940-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Irvine, Frank Stubbs, ENS, (1924-1943) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Kapera, Louis John, CPO, (1936-1944) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Lonas, John Peyton, CPO, (1934-1944) MO MO-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Carr, William John, CPO, (1933-1943) GM GM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Finney, Carl Edwin, LTJG, (1931-1944) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Gardner, Roger Lee, CPO, (1930-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Guerra, Armand Alois, CPO, (1935-1944) PhM PhM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Martin, Charles Merril, CPO, (1935-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Pore, John Williams, PO1, (1935-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Read, Edgar Perry, CPO, (1935-1944) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Waggoner, James Stanley, CPO, (1935-1945) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Armes, Albert Charles, CPO, (1938-1945) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Bangert, Stanley Henry, PO1, (1938-1944) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Church, Ray William, PO1, (1940-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Evans, John Willard, PO1, (1934-1944) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Frank, Richard Elmer, CPO, (1941-1945) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Goodnight, Jerry Calvert, PO1, (1940-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Gurney, Hubert Ralph, CPO, (1935-1944) YN YN-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hand, William Reeves, PO2, (1938-1943) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Havrilecz, Michael, PO1, (1939-1943) MO MO-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Lemke, William John, PO2, (1939-1943) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
McGill, Thomas Judson, CPO, (1936-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Nash, Joseph Henry, PO1, (1938-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Odom, Ralph Devo, CPO, (1940-1946) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Pancoast, Jack Edwin, PO2, (1936-1942) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Pearce, Alton Cleveland, PO2, (1936-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Porter, James Teel, PO1, (1936-1944) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Simon, Harry, PO1, (1938-1943) GM GM-00TM Petty Officer Second Class
Webster, Raymond Eugene, PO2, (1935-1942) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Williams, Charles Arthur, CPO, (1939-1945) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
SAUNDERS, Paul Golden, CPO, (1936-1962) GM GM-0000 Gunner's Mate 2nd Class
Abrams, Donald Bradley, PO2, (1939-1943) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Artymowicz, Stephen, CPO, (1935-1952) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Bowman, Henry Aaron, PO1, (1939-1944) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class

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