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Casualty Info
Home Town Marshalltown, IA
Last Address Knierim, IA
Casualty Date May 04, 1944
Cause Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered
Reason Drowned, Suffocated
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 3 (cenoptaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
On 4 May 1944, USS Tuna (SS-203) sighted a 100-ton trawler. Bound for Wake Island with classified documents on board, Takima Maru put up a fight when taken under fire by the submarine's two 20-millimeter guns. In the face of the returned fire, Tuna opened up with her three-inch deck gun and scored a hit on the first salvo, holing Takima Maru near the stern. Ten minutes later, the trawler settled beneath the waves, stern first, leaving the waters littered with secret papers and the surviving Japanese.
After the action was over, CTM Huff was on the deck helping retrieve crates floating in the water. His foot slipped and he went overboard. His shipmates were unable to rescue him. His body was not recovered and he was later declared dead.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 3369013
Submarine war patrols:
USS S-43 (SS-154) - 1st through 3rd
USS Tuna (SS-203) - 8th through 10th
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