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Casualty Info
Home Town Plainfield, NJ
Last Address Raritan, NJ
Casualty Date Aug 06, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Bullhead (SS-332) began her third and final patrol on 31 July 1945. The last contact with the boat was on 2 August. Post war Japanese records show that a plane depth charged and presumably sunk an American Submarine on 6 August, the same day the Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Ship's Cook First Class Dougherty was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 6473716
Submarine war patrols:
USS Barb (SS-220) - 6th through 9th
USS Bullhead (SS-332) - 1st through 3rd
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Western Caroline Islands Operation
From Month/Year
August / 1944
To Month/Year
October / 1944
Description The Japanese had established several strongholds in the Carolines. These included Truk, Yap, Pelelui, Anguar, and Ulithi. The Carolina Islands were the next objective for the United States Navy. With the Gilberts, Marshalls, and the Marianas in U.S. hands, the removal of Japanese bases in the Carolinas would clear the Japs out of the central Pacific, and open the doors for attacks on the Philippines, the Ryukyu Islands, and Japan proper.
