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Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class
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Last Primary NEC
MM-0000-Machinist's Mate
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Machinists Mate
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Primary Unit
1942-1943, USS Helena (CL-50)
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Service Years
1941 - 1943
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Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
Neptune Subpoena
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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth Not Specified |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Nicole Summers, MMFN
to remember
Berry, Vernon, PO2.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town ST. Louis |
Last Address Not Specified |
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Casualty Date Jul 06, 1943 |
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Cause Hostile, Died while Missing |
Reason Other Explosive Device |
Location Solomon Islands |
Conflict World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Northern Solomon Islands Campaign (1943-44)/Battle of Kula Gulf |
Location of Interment Not Specified |
Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified |
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From Month/Year
August / 1942 |
To Month/Year
February / 1943
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Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
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Memories Helena was next under attack on the night of 20 October while patrolling between Espiritu Santo and San Cristobal. Several torpedoes exploded near her but she was not hit.
Helena saw the climatic Naval Battle of Guadalcanal from its beginning when she was assigned the job of escorting a supply echelon from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal. The ship made rendezvous with the convoy of transports off San Cristobal 11 November, and brought it safely into Guadalcanal. During the afternoon of 12 November, word came from a coast watcher, "enemy aircraft approaching." Immediately suspending unloading operation, all ships stood out to form an antiaircraft disposition. When the attack came, superb maneuvering of the force, and its own antiaircraft fire, broke up the first attack but the second damaged two ships. Helena came through without a scratch, and the task group brought down eight enemy planes in the 8-minute action.
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