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Casualty Info
Home Town Brooklyn, NY
Last Address 3075 Brighton, 14th St Brooklyn, NY (Wife~Florence Anderson
Casualty Date Sep 28, 1943
Cause MIA-Finding of Death
Reason Lost At Sea-Unrecovered
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing
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New Guinea Campaign (1943-44)/Sinking of the USS Cisco (SS-290)
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Description isco sailed from Panama 7 August 1943 for Brisbane, Australia, arriving 1 September to assume local patrol duties, until 18 September, when she docked at Darwin. She put out on her first war patrol 20 September, but never returned. Japanese records tell of sighting a submarine leaking oil on 28 September in an area where Cisco is known to have been the only submarine then operating. Japanese records state this submarine was sunk by bombs and depth charges. Japanese records state that the submarine was attacked by Type 97 "Kate" attack bombers of the 954 Naval Air Squadron and the riverboat Karatsu (originally the U.S. Navy gunboat USS Luzon (PR-7), captured by Japanese forces and put to work against her former owners). Cisco is thus presumed to have been lost in action 28 September 1943.
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
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Last Updated: Mar 16, 2020
Personal Memories
Memories Departs on patrol presumed lost at sea. Japanese Records indicate the submarine was attacked by Type 97 "Kate" attack bombers of the 954 Naval Air Squadron and the riverboat Karatsu (originally a U.S. gunboat, USS Luzon (PR-7), captured by Japanese
