Bordlemay, Richard Kercher, S2c

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Last Rank
Seaman Second Class
Last Primary NEC
S2c-0000-Seaman 2nd Class
Last Rating/NEC Group
Seaman Second Class
Primary Unit
1944-1944, S2c-0000, Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron (MTBRON) 15
Service Years
1943 - 1944
Seaman Second Class

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Home State
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Year of Birth
1924
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Cleona, PA
Last Address
503 South Third St
Lebanon, PA

Casualty Date
Mar 07, 1944
 
Cause
KIA-Killed in Action
Reason
Other Cause
Location
Mediterranean Sea
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
American Cemetery - Nettune, Italy
Wall/Plot Coordinates
G 5 2

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Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 15 was the first PT squadron sent to the Mediterranean Theater, where it operated as a unit of the British Coastal Forces. It had action throughout the western Mediterranean, basing at Bizerte and Bone, Africa; Palermo, Sicily; Salerno, Capri, and Leghorn, Italy; Maddalena, Sardinia; Bastia and Calvi, Corsica, and St. Tropez, France.

According to the musterĀ  rolls, S2c Bordlemay died of "smoke intoxication", but no other details are given as to the cause. He was originally buried at the temorary cemetery established by the US Army Medical Dispensary in Bastia, Corsica and later moved to the American Cemetery in Italy.

   
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Service number: 8191071

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Name: Richard Kercher Bordlemay
Race: White
Age: 18
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Cleona, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1924
Residence Place: Lebanon, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA
Registration Date: 1942
Weight: 135
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5 6

   
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