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Casualty Info
Home Town Kansas City, MO
Last Address San Francisco, CA
Casualty Date Nov 16, 1944
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery (VA) - San Antonio, Texas
Wall/Plot Coordinates 17 769-A (memorial marker)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Scamp (SS-277) began her 8th war patrol on 16 October 1944, and was last heard from on 9 November, 1944. Japanese records indicate that a submarine was depth charged near Tokyo Bay on 11 November, and that five days later, another attack produced a large explosion. This may have been the fate of the scamp. Lieutenant Commander Sutherland was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 6 December 1945.
