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Casualty Info
Home Town Booneville, AR
Last Address Booneville, AR
Casualty Date Aug 17, 1942
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Drowned, Suffocated
Location Atlantic Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Golden City Cemetery - Golden City, Arkansas
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
While at sea on 17 August 1942, a fire broke out in the after battery room of the USS Bass (SS-164) and quickly spread to the aft torpedo room and starboard main electric motor, resulting in the death of 26 enlisted men by asphyxiation. Leonard Ode Blagg and 25 other enlisted men died from asphyxiation.
EM2 Blagg was originally buried at the Gorgas Hospital Morgue Cemetery (Row 6, Section C, Grave 16) in the Panama Canal Zone. His body was disinterred and returned to his family on March 18, 1948.
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Service number: 3757147
Submarine war patrols: USS Bass (SS-164) - 1st through 4th
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.
