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Hines, Lionel Gordon, WT1c.
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Casualty Info
Home Town Lake Charles, LA
Last Address Groves, TX
Casualty Date Jul 30, 1945
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Torpedoed
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Oak Bluff Memorial Park - Port Neches, Texas
Wall/Plot Coordinates (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.
WT1 Hines was among the men listed as missing in action and later declared dead.
