Kleinsmith, Charles, CWT

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Last Rate
Chief Chief Water Tender
Last Primary NEC
WT-0000-Water Tender
Last Rating/NEC Group
Water Tender
Primary Unit
1940-1942, WT-0000, USS Yorktown (CV-5)
Service Years
1922 - 1942
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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth
1904
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Zionsville, PA
Last Address
Long Beach, CA

Casualty Date
Jun 04, 1942
 
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Court 3 (cenotaph)

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The Spirit of Midway1 posted by Hill, Andy, LCDR 826 
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Central Pacific Campaign (1941-43)/Bombardment - Marshall and Gilbert Islands
From Month/Year
February / 1942
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February / 1942

Description
Two carrier task forces (Vice Adm. W. F. Halsey and Rear Adm. F. J. Fletcher) and a bombardment group (Rear Adm. R. A. Spruance), totaling 2 aircraft carriers, 5 cruisers, and 10 destroyers, attack Kwajalein, Wotje, Maloelap, Jaluit, and Mili in the Marshall Islands and Makin, Gilbert Islands. United States naval vessels damaged: Carrier ENTERPRISE (CV-6), by suicide bomber, Marshall- Gilberts raid,  Heavy cruiser CHESTER (CA-27), by dive bomber, Marshall- Gilberts raid,
 
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
February / 1942
To Month/Year
February / 1942
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
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