Blind, Howard James, LT

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant

Last Primary Designator/NEC
112X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Submarine Warfare

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1943-1944, 112X, USS Crevalle (SS-291)

Service Years
1942 - 1944

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Illinois

Year of Birth
1921

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Casualty Info

Home Town Not Specified	Last Address Casper, WY

Casualty Date Sep 11, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered	Reason Drowned, Suffocated
Location South China Sea	Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Association Memberships


	2013, The National Gold Star Family Registry
	2013, WW II Memorial National Registry
	2013, United States Navy Memorial [Verified] - Assoc. Page
	2014, World War II Fallen

Additional Information

Last Known Activity
The only man to lose his life on USS Crevalle (SS-291)

Comments/Citation

Name of Award
Navy Cross

Year Awarded
1944

Details behind Award:
Awarded for actions during the World War II

The President of the United States of America takes pride in presenting the Navy Cross (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Howard James Blind (NSN: 0-108587), United States Naval Reserve, for extraordinary heroism and intrepidity in the line of his profession upon the occasion of a surfacing accident to the U.S.S. CREVALLE (SS-291), on 11 September 1944. As Officer of the Deck, upon reaching the bridge and observing that the ship was re-submerging with the upper conning tower hatch open Lieutenant Blind fought his way through a torrent of water and with complete disregard of his own safety struggled with the hatch until it was closed, although the ship had submerged at the time to a keel depth of 150 feet. His action was a major contributing factor to the saving of the ship and her crew and undoubtedly cost him his own life. His actions and conduct on this occasion was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy of the United States.

General Orders: Commander 7th Fleet: Serial 03215 (December 6, 1944)
Action Date: September 11, 1944
Service: Navy
Rank: Lieutenant
Division: U.S.S. Crevalle (SS-291)

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USS CREVALLE (SS-291...

USS CREVALLE (SS-291) 5th War Patrol
Start Year 1944	End Year 1944
Description She is ordered to patrol in the Philippines.

My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Year 1944	To Year 1944

Last Updated: Sep 11, 2013

Personal Memories
People You Remember Commissioned Officers Walker, F.D. Lt. Cdr. USN Mazzone,W.F., Lt. (jg) USNR Ruhe, W. J., Lt. Cdr. USN Loveland, R.A., Lt.(jg) USNR Blind, H. J., Lt. USNR Bowe, R.E., Ens. USN Morin, G.F., Lt. USNR King, C. D. G., Ens. USNR Chief Petty Officers Babick, John, CEM(PA) USN Pitts, Louis F., CRM(AA) USN Biehl, Henry Tudor, CRT (AA) USNR Ricksecker, Guy M., CMoMM (AA) USN Blackburn, Orville G., CGM(AA) USN Shopp, Jerome N., CCS(PA) USN Chambers, Wayne M., CMomm(AA) (T) USN Snellings, Earl M., CQM (AA)(T) USN Howard, James H., CTM(AA) USN Williams, George E., CEM (AA) (T) USN Enlisted Crew Members Adams, William LeVerna, S1c, USNR Niemczyk, Joseph N., TM2c USNR Barnes, Frank, MoMM1c, USN Osborne, Cedric H., PhM1c USN Bessette, Roland, P.P., TM3c, USNR Rennecke, Wyman John, EM1c USNR Bower, Albert F., RT2c USNR Reynolds, Rodney Ralph, SM 3c USN Crowley, Joseph D. TM1c, USN Roraback, Gilbert Little, TM2c USNR Culley, Harold R., GM3c USNR Stagman, Paul Louis, EM2c USN Daughty, Russell L., Bkr3c (T) USNR Schwarz, Robert Franklin, EM3c USNR Ducharme, Armand N., EM1c USN Scisco, Clayton Sterlin, MoMM3c USN Elliott, Walter J., FC(S)1c USN Senn, Clayton S., MoMM3C USN Enright, George F., TM2c USN Sherick, Albert Marlin, EM3c USN Fernandes, Albert C., MoMM1c USNR Sinclair, Joe Milton, Jr., F1c USNR Freeman, Edgar A., TM2c USNR Singer, Jack William, EM3c USN Fritchen, William L., GM2c(T) USNR Stamly, Charles R., S1c USNR Gaines, Robert E, MoMM2c(T) USNR Starnes, Kenneth Jackson, MoMM 3c USN Gaus, Leon E., TN3c USNR Steinert, Herbert A., RM3c USNR Graham, Ivan Hugh, MoMM3c USNR Stokes, Frank H., SC2C USNR Hall, Samuel E., TM1c USN Tackett, William MoMM1c USN Helix, Max Rudolph, MoMM1c USNR Thompson, Robert, Jr., F2c USN Hendrix, Orville B., Y1c USN Tomlin, George Lawrence, EM2c USNR Hildebrand, Charles Frederick, EM2c (T) USNR Truman, Horace Lynn, MM1c USN Howard, Stephen Aubry, FC(S)3c USNR Weber, Russell Frederick, F1C USNR Jenigen, Albert., F1c USNR Wheelus, Roy Calvin, QM2C USN Katchis, Jim "A," QM3c(T) USNR Wiesniewski, Francis Walter, MoMM2C USN Keane, Edward F., S1c USN Yeager, Robert L., MoMM1c, USNR Langfieldt, Maurice Edward, TM3c USNR Larsen, James Louis, MoMM2c USNR Lenatz, John Joseph, TM2c USN
Memories 1 Sep 1944 USS Crevalle (Lt. Cdr. F.D. Walker) departs Fremantle for her 5th war patrol. She is ordered to patrol in the Philippines. 11 Sep 1944 Crevalle nearly had a fatal diving accident. She was, however, damaged in such a way that she had to abort her patrol. 15 Sep 1944 The damaged USS Crevalle calls at Darwin to make emergency repairs. 22 Sep 1944 Crevalle ends her 5th war patrol at Fremantle.

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