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Irish, Charles Butler, Jr., LT.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Decatur, IL
Last Address 1103 West Forest Ave Decatur, IL
Casualty Date Mar 28, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location South China Sea
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 3 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Trigger (SS-237) began her 12th war patrol 11 March 1945. She made attacks on the 18th and the 20th. On 26 March she was ordered to join a "wolf pack" to attack Japanese shipping. She radioed a weather report that day and was never heard from again. She may have fallen victim to a Japanese air and ship attack, but her fate is unknown. Lieutenant Irish was listed as missing in action and later declared dead 21 April 1946.
