Keltner, Morris Henry, ENS

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Last Rank
Ensign
Last Primary NEC
628X-Limited Duty Officer - Electronics - Submarine
Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer
Primary Unit
1940-1944, USS Trout (SS-202)
Service Years
1933 - 1944
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Home State
Kansas
Kansas
Year of Birth
1914
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Hoisington, KS
Last Address
USS Trout in the Pacific.

Remembered in Hoisington Cemetery - Hoisington, Kansas with a cenotaph.

Casualty Date
Feb 29, 1944
 
Cause
KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason
Other Explosive Device
Location
Pacific Ocean
Conflict
World War II
Location of Interment
Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Lost at Sea in the Pacific with the USS Trout.
Military Service Number
309 758

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Last Known Activity:


USS Trout (SS-202) began her 11th war patrol on 8 February 1944. She was en route to the East China Sea. On 29 February a Japanese convoy was attacked in the area assigned to Trout, and one ship was sunk, and another severely damaged.

Trout was never heard from again, and may have been sunk by one of the convoy's escorts. Ensign Keltner was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead on 14 April 1946. 

   
Comments/Citation:


Enlisted Service Number: 3418291

Silver Star Citation- 


Awarded for Actions During World War II
Service: Navy
Rank: Chief Quartermaster
Division: U.S.S. Trout (SS-202)
General Orders: Headquarters, Hawaiian Department, U.S. Army, General Orders No. 39 (March 17, 1942)

Citation: "The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Chief Quartermaster Morris Henry Keltner, United States Navy, for gallantry in action and participation in the accomplishment of an unusual and hazardous mission for the War Department in enemy-controlled waters during January - March 1942, while a member of the crew of the U.S.S. TROUT (SS-202).
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Carrying a heavy load of anti-aircraft ammunition urgently needed by the beleaguered forces of General Douglas MacArthur in the Philippine Islands, the U.S.S. TROUT departed from Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, for Corregidor Island, Manila Bay, at 0900 on 12 January 1942, refueling at Midway Island on 16 January 1942. The U.S.S. TROUT proceeded on the surface until 21 January, traveling submerged thereafter during daylight hours.
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At 0230 on 27 January 1942, an unsuccessful night attack was made on a lighted vessel, resulting in the U.S.S. TROUT being chased by the vessel at such speed that the TROUT had to dive in order to escape.
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On 3 February 1942, after dark, the TROUT made rendezvous off Corregidor with an escort motor torpedo boat. The TROUT then followed the escort at high speed through a winding passage in a minefield to South Dock, Corregidor Island, where she unloaded 3500 rounds of anti-aircraft artillery ammunition for the Army Forces defending Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor.
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Twenty tons of gold and silver, securities, diplomatic and United States mail and two additional torpedoes were loaded on the TROUT for the return voyage. The TROUT cleared the Corregidor dock at 0300, 4 February and bottomed in Manila Bay during daylight on 4 February. Surfacing that night, additional securities and mail were loaded before the TROUT departed from Manila Bay through the minefield.
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On the return trip, one enemy merchant vessel and one patrol vessel were attacked and sunk. The U.S.S. TROUT arrived at Pearl Harbor on 3 March 1942, after 51 days at sea."

   
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