Blitz, Leo, MM2

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Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
Last Primary NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate
Last Rating/NEC Group
Machinists Mate
Primary Unit
1941-1941, MM-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Service Years
1938 - 1941
MM-Machinists Mate

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Home State
Nebraska
Nebraska
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Lincoln, NE		 Last Address
442 A St.
Lincoln, NE
(Father~Henry Blitz)
Casualty Date
Dec 07, 1941		  
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action		 Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Hawaii		 Conflict
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Attack on Pearl Harbor
Location of Interment
Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii		 Wall/Plot Coordinates
Buried in a Unmarked Grave

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 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Pearl Harbor MemorialUnited States Navy Memorial The National Gold Star Family RegistryWWII Memorial National Registry
World War II FallenNebraska
  1941, Pearl Harbor Memorial
  2016, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
  2016, The National Gold Star Family Registry
  2016, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page
  2016, World War II Fallen
  2021, Stories Behind The Stars, Nebraska (Fallen Member (Honor Roll)) (Nebraska) - Chap. Page


  1941-1941, MM-0000, USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

MM-Machinists Mate

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Unit
USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Unit Page

Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate

Base, Station or City
Not Specified
State/Country
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 USS Oklahoma (BB-37) Details

USS Oklahoma (BB-37)

Nevada Class Battleship:
Displacement 27,500 Tons, Dimensions, 583' (oa) x 95' 3" x 29' 7" (Max) Armament 10 x 14"/45 21 x 5"/51, 2 x 21" tt. Armor, 13 1/2" Belt, 18" Triple Turrets, 16" Dual turrets, 3" Second (armor) Deck, 2 1/2" Third (splinter) Deck 16" Conning Tower. Machinery, 24,800 IHP; 2 vertical, Triple expansion engines, 2 screws. Speed, 20.5 Knots, Crew 864. Operational and Building Data: Laid down by New York, Shipbuilding, Camden, NJ., October 26, 1912. Launched March 23, 1914. Commissioned May 2, 1916. Decommissioned (War Loss). Stricken September 1, 1944. Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft during attack on Pearl Harbor Hawaii, December 7, 1941.  20 Officers and 395 Men were lost with the ship and remain on duty.

Her hulk was raised in 1943, Sold for scrap December 5 1946. Hulk sank while under tow to breakers, 540 miles NE, Pearl Harbor, May 17, 1947.

Type
Surface Vessel 		 

Parent Unit
Nevada-class
Strength
Battleship

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YN Pierson, Al (USview, NTWS Chief Admin ), YN2 7739  
   

Last Updated: Dec 22, 2016
   
   
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My Photos For This Unit
In Service
Leo & Rudolph (twins)
435 Members Also There at Same Time
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USS Oklahoma (BB-37)
Derrington, Ralph Alva, CPO, (1923-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Sanders, Dean Stanley, CPO, (1927-1941) MM MM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Carney, Harold F., PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Farmer, Luther James, PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Gebser, Paul Heino, PO1, (1922-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Glenn, Arthur, PO1, (1917-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hanson, George, PO2, (1936-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Jones, Fred Madison, PO1, (1929-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Luke, Vernon Thomas, PO1, (1915-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Melton, Earl Rudolph, PO1, (1938-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Woods, Winfred Orval, PO1, (1937-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Eberhardt, Eugene Keller, PO1, (1930-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Hemphill, Richard Earl, CPO, (1933-1943) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Steely, Ulis Claud, PO1, (1934-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Swanson, Charles Harold, PO1, (1927-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Wells, Alfred Floyd, PO1, (1927-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 1st Class
Buchanan, James Rufus, PO2, (1940-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Hultgren, Lorentz Emanuel, PO2, (1938-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer Second Class
Ham, Harold William, PO2, (1938-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Miles, Archie Theodore, PO2, (1938-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Stewart, Everett Raymond, PO2, (1938-1941) MM MM-0000 Petty Officer 2nd Class
Jayne, Kenneth Lyle, F3c, (1941-1941) MM MM-0000 Fireman 3rd Class
Alexander, Hugh Rossman, LCDR, (1921-1941) OFF 192X Lieutenant Commander
Schmitt, Aloysius Herman, LTJG, (1939-1941) OFF 410X Lieutenant Junior Grade
Allen, Stanley Willis, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 131X Ensign
Rommel, Herbert Fox, CAPT, (1934-1969) OFF 00X Ensign
Sederstrom, Verdi Delmore, ENS, (1941-1941) OFF 310X Ensign
Stockdale, Lewis Stephens, ENS, (1940-1941) 00 00X Ensign
Thompson, Irvin Andrew Rubin, ENS, (1936-1941) 00 00X Ensign
Thompson, William Manley, ENS, (1941-1941) OFF 310X Ensign
Wyman, Elden, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 00X Ensign
Wyman, Eldon Paul, ENS, (1940-1941) OFF 00X Ensign
Connolly, John G., ChPClk, (1923-1941) CWO CWO Chief Pay Clerk (CWO)
Austin, John Arnold, C.C., (1920-1941) CWO CWO Chief Carpenter (CWO)
Goggin, Daryl Henry, Mach., (1926-1941) WO WO Machinist (WO)
Finnegan, William, ENS, (1917-1941) RM RM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Stouten, James, CPO, (1937-1941) BM BM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Cheshire, James Thomas, CPO, (1933-1941) PhM PhM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Day, Francis Daniel, CPO, (1925-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Furr, Tedd McKinley, CPO, (1922-1941) CM CM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gordon, Duff, CPO, (1917-1941) ME ME-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Gurganus, William Isaac, CPO, (1924-1941) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hayden, Albert Eugene, CPO, (1917-1941) EM EM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Hoard, Herbert John, CPO, (1923-1941) SK SK-0000 Chief Petty Officer
White, Claude, CPO, (1930-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Wright, Paul Raymond, CPO, (1919-1941) WT WT-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Zvansky, Thomas, CPO, (1920-1941) SM SM-0000 Chief Petty Officer
Harris, Daniel Fletcher, CPO, (1919-1941) FC FC-0000 Chief Fire Controlman
Armstrong, Kenneth Berton, PO1, (1920-1941) ML ML-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Blanchard, William Eugene, PO1, (1936-1941) B B-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Burger, Oliver Kenneth, PO1, (1934-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Conway, Edward Leroy, PO1, (1934-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Corn, Robert, PO1, (1941-1941) FC FC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Craig, John William, PO1, (1937-1941) SK SK-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Curry, William McKnight, PO1, (1923-1941) EM EM-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hoffman, Joseph Warren, PO1, (1935-1941) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Hudson, Charles Eugene, PO1, (1923-1941) WT WT-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Jackson, Willie, PO1, (1930-1941) SC SC-0000 Petty Officer First Class
Larsen, Elliott Deen, PO1, (1934-1941) MU MU-0000 Petty Officer First Class

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