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SSgt Ronald Peart
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Peart, William Martin, EM1c.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Eureeka, Urah
Last Address Payson, UT
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. Electrician's Mate First Class Peart was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 3684659
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Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal - 1942
Name of Award Asiatic/Pacific Campaign Medal
Devices
none
Year Awarded 1942
Last Updated: Nov 24, 2018
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SSgt Ronald Peart
to remember
Peart, William Martin, EM1c.
