Abernethy, William Mark, ME2

Fallen

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Petty Officer Second Class

Last Primary NEC
ME-0000-Metalsmith

Last Rating/NEC Group
Metalsmith

Primary Unit
1943-1945, ME-0000, USS Kidd (DD-661)

Service Years
1943 - 1945

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

New York

Year of Birth
1911

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Casualty Info

Home Town Brooklyn, NY	Last Address 1147 E. 28th St Brooklyn, NY (Wife~Mary Regina Abernethy)

Casualty Date Apr 11, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered	Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean	Conflict World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Okinawa Gunto Operation
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii	Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 5 (cenotaph)

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	2015, United States Navy Memorial - Assoc. Page
	2015, World War II Fallen
	2015, WWII Memorial National Registry - Assoc. Page
	2015, The National Gold Star Family Registry

Missing in action 90 Miles from Okinawa Shima


Date Apr 11, 1945
Last Updated: Oct 5, 2015

Comments
He was listed at missing action in line of duty at 1410 @during Jap plane crash and bomb explosion aboard ship in waters approximately 90 Miles from Okinawa Shima.

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