Church, Ray William, MoMM1c

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Last Rate
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler 1st Class
Last Primary NEC
MO-0000-Motor Machinist/Oiler
Last Rating/NEC Group
Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
Primary Unit
1944-1945, MO-0000, USS Bullhead (SS-332)
Service Years
1940 - 1945
MoMM - Motor Machinistmate/Oiler
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Home State
Nebraska
Nebraska
Year of Birth
1919
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Fremont, NE
Last Address
Fremont, NE

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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 Additional Information
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 Church was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.

   
Comments/Citation:


Service number: 3166940

Submarine war patrols:
USS Plunger (SS-179) - 6th through 8th
USS Pogy (SS-266) - 4th through 6th
USS Bullhead (SS-332) - 1st through 3rd

Navy Unit Commendation
For outstanding heroism in action against enemy Japanese shipping and combatant units, during her Fifth War Patrol in the East China Sea Area, from January 15 to March 8, 1944, and her Sixth War Patrol souteast of Japan, from April 7 to May 29, 1944. Aggressive and determined in covering her assigned areas, the USS Pogy pressed home vigorous attacks in the face of the enemy's violent countermeasures; and although sustaining wounds under the smashing force of enemy depth charges, she launched her torpedoes with devastaing speed and skill, sinking eight vessels, including a Mutusuki Class Destroyer and a Fleet Type Submarine for a total of nearly 45,000 tons and severely damaging two other ships totalling approximately 14,000 tons. The Pogy's outstanding record in combat exemplifies the skill and fearless devotion to duty of her officers and men and reflects the highest credit upon herself and the United States Naval Service.

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  1940, Recruit Training (Great Lakes, IL)
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Recruit Training (Great Lakes, IL)

Company, Class or Division
Not Specified

Start Date 
Oct, 1940
 

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Angle, Earnest Hersea, F2c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Aves, Willard Charles, F2c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Baird, Billy B., S1c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Bajorims, Joseph, S1c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Bergin, Roger Joseph, F2c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Berry, James Winford, F2c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Buckley, Jack C., PO3, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Budd, Robert Emile, F2c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Burden, Ralph Leon, PO3, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Criswell, Wilfred John, S1c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Davis, Myrle Clarence, F3c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Davis, Walter Mindred, F2c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Egnew, Robert Ross, S1c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Faber, Thomas George, PO2, (1940-1942) Oct, 1940
Feagans, William E., SN, (1940-1946) 101 Oct, 1940
Flannery, James Lowell, PO3, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Gager, Roy Arthur, S2c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Gebhardt, Kenneth Edward, S1c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Lesmeister, Steve Louie, PO3, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Nabors, Paul, S1c, (1940-1942) Oct, 1940
Nelson, Richard Eugene, F3c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
Rasmusson, George Vernon, F3c, (1940-1941) Oct, 1940
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