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Casualty Info
Home Town Johnstown, PA
Last Address St Mary's St Loretto, PA
Casualty Date Jul 30, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Torpedoed
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Grandview Cemetery - Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Wall/Plot Coordinates Section 9, Lot 62 (memorial marker)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
On 30 July 1945, after delivering parts for the first atomic bomb to the United States air base at Tinian, the ship was torpedoed by Japanese submarine I-58. She sank in 12 minutes. Of 1,196 crewmen aboard, approximately 300 went down with the ship. The remaining 900 faced exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks while floating with few lifeboats and almost no food or water. Only 317 of the 900 survived.
LTJG Barry was among the men listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 31147
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