Perry, Robert Joseph, PO1

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Final Rank
Petty Officer First Class
Last NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Last NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
Primary Unit
1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)
Service Years
1942 - 1945
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler

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Home State
California
California
Year of Birth
1917
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Venice, CA
Last Address
Venice, CA

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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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. Motor Machinist's Mate First Class Perry was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.

   
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Service number: 4125402

Submarine war patrols: USS Bullhead (SS-332) - 1st through 3rd

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