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Convoy PQ-17                         3-5 July 1942

 

SS Alcoa Ranger (communications detachment only)

Master: Hjalmar J. Christofpen (Christophsen)

Stanley Henry Thornton, S2c

Russell Benjamin Ditmyer, S2c

 

SS Bellingham

Master: H.C. Willis

Willard W. Brown, LT(jg), AGO*

Francis P. Perret, AS*

Albert O. Yingling, AS*

Lewis W. Kroeger, AS*

Leland Hall, AS*

Andrew O. Mathson, AS*

Ernest E. Grandey, S2c*

Charles C. Harris, AS*

 

SS Benjamin Harrison

Master: E.J. Christensen

Paul W. Thompson, Ensign, AGO*

Frederick Lee Vessell, Cox

Carlton Elbert Caruthers, S2c

Bert Dees, S2c

Robert Bruce Dick, S2c

John M. Dilleshaw, S2c

William Ernest Landolfi, S2c

Julian Herbert Hamrick, RM3c

Clayton Wayne Koonce, SM3c

 

SS Carlton

Master: Ragnvald (Ragnavald) Hansen

Richard M. Harris, Ensign, AGO

Charles Thomas Mulchy, S1c

Lloyd Edgar Miller, AS

John Lewis Moore, AS

Otto Made Paulsen, AS

Carl R. Thompson, AS

Richard Vaughan, AS

Troy T. Winters, AS

Robert Edward Thompson, AS

Theodore Kristjan Geir, S2c

William Wallace Williams, S2c

 

SS Christopher Newport

Paul M. Coy, Ensign, AGO

John O. Webb, AS

Hugh P. Wright, AS*

Paul H. Webb, AS*

Lawrence Whittington, AS

Dillard Williams, Jr., AS

Duel E. Dilley, AS

Arthur C. Holloway, AS

James T. Nixon, AS

Paul D. Warnell, SM2c

 

SS Daniel Morgan

Master: George T. Sullivan

Morton E. Wolfson, Ensign, AGO*

Senua Trahan, AS*

Eli P. Bourg, AS*

Milton G. Casey, AS*

Edward J. Anderson, AS*

Thomas E. Brown, AS*

Merlin G. Houdeshell, AS*

Elden S. Kirby, AS*

Maurice E. Larson, AS*

William A. Schilbe, GM3c*

John W. Gannon, AS*

Francis L. Duncan, S2c*

Allan A. Thompson, S2c*

 

SS El Capitan

Master: J. Thevik

Louis D. Marks, LT(jg), AGO*

Ward Leverne Gemmer, Cox*

Leonard Levear Cutchins, S2c

Melvin Wesley Duff, S2c

George Burke Dailey, S2c

Harold John James, S2c

Donald Eugene Roberts, S2c

Pasquale Angelo Romano, S2c

Virgil Joseph Shelby, S2c

Joseph Donald Leahy, RM2c*

Floyd Eugene Richards, SM1c*

 

SS Fairfield City (comms detachment only, British gunners were used)

Master: Leon E. Walters

Lee Timmons, SM3c

Cicero Cornelius Sutton, RM 3/c

British gunners:

H. King

A. Smith

F.D. Nield

A. Bailey

 

SS Honomu (comms detachment only)

Master: Frederick A. Strand

Troy Spencer Canoy, S2c

James Joseph Yahner, S2c

 

SS Hoosier

Master: J. Holzgren (or Holmgren)

Wilfred L. Blackwell Jr., Ensign, AGO

Norval Clifton Kennedy, Cox

Harry Thomas, AS

Marion Arthur Thompson, AS

Joseph Arthur Tobin, AS

James Harry Traynor, AS

Ernest Julius Tscherter, AS

Robert Gaylord Tubre, AS

Richard William Union, AS

John Roy Fewry, SM3c

John Waldo Tillotson, S2c

 

SS Ironclad

Master: Philip Moore

William A. Carter, LT(jg), AGO*

Wayne Baker, Cox

Earl Harrison Crim, GM3c

Stanley Walkuski, RM2c

Francis H. Brummer, SM3c

John L. Stoudamire, S2c

Joseph G. Lanzillo, S2c

Robert L. Wilkerson, S2c

Lawrence G. Wilder, S2c

Johnny F. Wooten, S2c

David D. Bozard, S2c

Herbert A. Peterson, S2c

 

SS John Witherspoon

Master: John Clark

Rudolph Henry Kroetz, Ensign, AGO*

Arthur Latney Farmer, Cox*

Thomas Nightingale, AS*

Willie H. Phillips, AS*

Luther William Perdue, AS*

James William Pernell, AS*

Milton Parker, AS*

John Jacob Ours, AS*

Harry Jones Jr., AS*

Percy Leon Spann, S2c*

John Wallace McDole, S2c*

 

SS Olopana (comms detachment only)

Master: Mervyn C. Stone

Charles Walter Schultz, S2c

Edward Joseph Turk, S2c

 

SS Pan Atlantic

Master: J.O. Sieber (Siebert)

Charles Carroll, Ensign, AGO

Donald Ross Berg, AS

John Catalonga, AS

Donald Marion Clemans, AS

James Walter Dobie, AS

Dale Laurence Cosmell, AS

Dale Winstone Hardy, AS

Houston Rogers Hunter Jr., AS

Harry Andrew Wingers, AS

 

SS Pan Kraft

Master: Jacob Jacobsen

Harry M. Vawter Jr., Ensign, AGO

Kenneth Stewart Clasen, S2c

Robert David Dabinett, AS

Milton Edward Daduk, AS

William Marion Dean, AS

John Joseph Decker, AS

Walter Maxmillian McGee, S2c

Hazel Jerome Price, AS

Ray Kenneth Bailey, S2c

James Edwin Blackwell, S2c

 

SS Peter Kerr

Master: William H. Butler

Norbert Lewis Schwartz, Cox, AGO*

George Martin Conn Jr., AS

Thomas Bennett Dabbs, AS

Herbert Lee Helmick, AS

Robert Edison Mitchem, AS

Jasper Lee Nichols, S2c

Ernest Howard Peters, AS

Thomas Barksdale Redd Jr., AS

Joseph Edward Reeves, AS

Major Robert Lester, S2c

L.C. Page, RM3c

 

SS Samuel Chase (muster from immigration report, thus no ranks)

John E. Sexton, LT(jg), AGO

Robert Wolff

Gilbert William Harris

Jess Lawrence Jensen

Robert Alexander Donaghue

John James Dixon

Alfred Wolf

Edward Doyle

Tommy Charles Aiken

Pasco Buddy Enfield

James Joseph Jenkins

Luke Ernest Lefare

 

SS Silver Sword

Master: Peter Denos (or Clyde Colbeth)

Cecil Brown Daniel, Cox, AGO

Andrew Francis Covella, AS

Ralph Eugene Cox, AS

Albert Morris Dechaine, AS

Leo Julius DeClark Jr., AS

Clarence Henry DeLong, AS

Thomas Benton Dennison, AS

William Jean Bergman Dockery, S1c

William Darrel Flicker, AS

John Joseph Boyle, SM2c

Thomas Garrett Russell, S2c

 

SS Troubador

Master: George Jessen Cudrio Salvesen

Howard E. Carraway, Ensign, AGO*

Maurice Wayne Wilds, Cox

Thomas Edwin Berry, S2c

Albert Roney Busbin, S2c

Jesse Cleveland Brannen, S2c

Robert Lester Campbell, S2c

Charles Lee Wheatley, S2c

Richard Thomas Harris, S2c

William Raymond Lawson, S2c

 

SS Washington

Master: Julius Richter

Charles M. Ulrich, Ensign, AGO*

Emmet Dotson Anderson Jr., AS*

George Clifford Cooper, S2c*

Albert DeLloyd Friday, AS*

William Thomas Harkins, AS*

Paul Oscar Lessard, AS*

Arthur McDonald Jr., S1c*

James Nathan Guyton Jr., S2c*

Robert Glenn Henderson, S2c*

SS William Hooper

Master: Edward L. Graves

Brian G. Welch, Ensign, AGO*

Quinten D. Culbertson, AS

Filiberto Contrerras, AS

Eugene Cleveland, AS

Herman J. Disrud, AS

Herman G. Houghins, AS

Robert I. Harland, AS

Bernard W. Meier, AS

Lester W. Mitchell, AS

Forest James Mewforth, AS

Robert M. Mitchell, AS

Steven H. Dahms, AS

Lawrence H. Heinaman, AS

 

SS Winston Salem

Master: William Lovegreen       

Robert Chitrin, Ensign, AGO

Earl Eugene Lewis, Cox

Raymond William Brinson, AS

Thomas John Grogan, AS

Norvin James Hampton, AS

Eugene Joseph Heusel, AS

Lester Kanefsky, AS

Richard Joseph Hynes, AS

Jacob Dykstra, AS

Charles Abner Parker, SM3c

Judson Dorsey Dukes, S2c

 

Convoy PQ-18                         7-21 Sept. 1942

 

SS Africander

Master: Bjorne Lia

Kenneth W. Tipping, Ensign, AGO*

George Arthur Chaffin, AS

Leonard Donald Howard, AS

Morton Watson Howard, AS

Harry Matthew Jackson, AS
Henry Raymond Jenks, AS

James Erastus King Jr., AS

Leo Joseph Solis, AS

Stanchfield Wright, AS

Antonio Dias Lima Jr., RM3c

Edgar Eugene Nall, SM3c

 

SS Campfire

Master: Harry F. Ryan*

Daniel J. Rooker, Ensign, AGO*

Francis Charles Capobianco, Cox

David Dean Roark, S2c

Frederick Donald Roberts, S2c

Donald Sherman Biggs, S2c*

Joe William Romero, S2c

Harold Chester Whitney, S2c

Miron Ernest Wonch, S2c

Gerhard Yekel, S2c

John F. Sullivan, S2c

John Freeborn Reed, SM3c

Audrain Harold Ostrander, S2c

Roswell Jacob Ortt, S2c

Albert Franklin Wohlers, S2c*

 

SS Charles R. McCormick

Master: Martin Muhrer

John P. Dolman, Ensign, AGO

Robert Crumley Hillman, Cox

Michael Peter Mazza, AS

Joseph James Nelson, AS

William Dudley Gattis, S2c

Hubert Branch Tucker, AS

Armond James Baroski, S2c

Clifton A. Bohall, AS

Harold R. Bonar, AS

Mario Piomonese, AS

Charles L. Pine, S2c

Philip Plavin, AS

Manuel F. Viegas, Cox

Elvis H. Webster Jr., AS

Robert Norris Schappacher, S2c

James Paul Waddell, S2c

 

SS Esek Hopkins

Stansel Edward DeFoe, LT(jg), AGO

Harry Ruggaber, AS

Bonner Earl Van Ness, S2c

James Joseph Walls, S2c

Leo Frank Watroba, AS

Charles Marion Watson, AS

Louis Charles Wauhob, S2c

Edward Theodore Weininger, S1c

Howard Carl Wheatley, AS

Walter Franklin Wormer, AS

Elmer Francis Zila

 

SS Exford

Master: Roy A. Ulrich

John H. Currant, Cox, AGO*

Walter Charles Goldschmidt (Goldsmith), S2c

Jack Summers, S2c

Wallace I. Compton, AS

Loyd H. Fleming, AS

Merle M. Nelson, S2c

Frydrik Francis Niedzialkosky (Niedzialkawcki), AS

Raymond L. Novak, AS

Hudson C. Pelton

 

SS Hollywood (comms detachment only)

Edward Walter Scott, SM3c

George Frederick Shanley, S2c

 

SS John Penn

Master: Alvin Johnson

Blake C. Howard, Ensign, AGO*

Harvey McDermott, Cox

Otto Bucholz Jr., AS

Lyle L. Ensign, AS

Joseph A. Meis, AS

James C. Mattingly, AS

Virgil O. Mathile, AS

Berbert L. McDonald

John Miller, AS

John T. Mikots, AS

Argonne McCown, AS

Thomas O. Brouhard, Jr., AS

Donald N. McCleary, AS

Leland Samuel Sharrock, Cox

Albert R. Ritchie, S2c

Francis Thomas Fenney, AS

George Delroy Field, AS

Winifred Gordon Tommas, AS

Bob Dean Triplett, AS

Charles E. Underwood, AS

Louis John Vigh, As

Raymond Leslie Vitatoe, AS

Elmer Arthur Voss, AS

Martin A. Adams Jr., S2c

Charles Sheldon Aldrich, S2c

Lee Ralph Baxter, S2c

 

SS Kentucky

Master: R.P. Child

William Farrar, Ensign, AGO*

Ernest Richard Barclay, AS

Robert William Beine, AS

Melvin Lewis Bradley, AS

Louis George Finch, Cox

Paul Francis Gallagher, RM3c

Carl Ernest Jewell, S2c

Jack Parker, AS

Preston Oren Peet, S2c

James E. Peiffer, AS

Neil Lisha Raymond, AS

Renald Raymond Stroud, AS

Estel Harding Webb, AS

John F. Booker, AS

 

SS Lafayette

Master: A.J. Guider

George B. Lennig, LT(jg), AGO*

Harry Madison Gossman, BM2c*

Floyd Burl Temple, AS

Junior Wishon, AS*

Bernard Aloysius Malloy, RM3c*

Edward Mathias Cameron, AS

Clyde Morris Strohmyer, AS

Floyd Marvin Tatro, AS

Delmar Leon Thomas, AS

Jewell Raney Thomas, AS

Robert Martin Trevett, AS

Robert Lewis Vadovich, AS

Hubert Madden Foley, S2c

Angello Joseph Martolell, AS

Michael Peter Mazza, AS

Robert Emmett McCarty, AS

Elmo Lossen Parkerson, S2c

 

SS Macbeth

Master: J.R. Wright

Charles Haskell Gibbs, Ensign, AGO

Francis Eugene Warren, Cox

Arvid Enock Anderson, AS

Theodore Franklyn Baird, AS

George Anthony Bancroft, AS

Raymond Frances Bebout, AS

Tillman Timple Blackman, S2c

John Bomgarrs, AS

Harold Loyd Cable, AS

Jerry David Liggett, RM3c

Leo Marion Jobe Jr., AS

 

SS Mary Luckenbach

George Bradford Patterson, LT(jg), AGO

George Glenn Ayers, S1c

John William Baker, S2c

Lockwood Leonard Butler, BM2c

Nelson Alvin Cannon, S1c

John Thomas Fowler, GM3c

George Grenuk, GM3c

Josephus Kelly, S2c

James Deorius Kersey, S2c

Robert Paul Kirby, S2c

Herhel (Hershel?) Thomas Lane, S1c

William Edward Lenderman, S2c

Alvin Lindsay Jr., S2c

Joseph Vincent Mastroianni, S1c

Daniel C. McLaughlin, S2c

Curtis Preston Mitchell, S2c

Charlie Gray Morgan, S2c

Charles Eugene Precht, S1c

Dominic Peter Scichitaro, S2c

Elmer Leroy Shauck, S2c

William Alfred Smith, Cox

Thomas Elmer Strange, SM3c

Edward Joseph Turk, S2c

Robert Dean Wolf, S1c

Vernon Marcello King, S2c

 

SS Meanticut

Master: S.B. Ellis

Maclyn W. Wickersham, LT(jg), AGO

Robert William Higgins, S1c

John Leonard Hardy, AS

Warren Eugene Howell, AS

Francis Edward Hughes, AS

Arden Jackley, AS

Barrett B. Jackeuny, AS
Fred Swindell Byars, AS

Joseph Louis Desonia, AS

Harold Ray Carrier, AS

Orville Ray Case, AS

Kenneth Earl Carlyle, AS

Jacob Brouwer, AS

John Walter Bloomquist, AS

Vernon Theodore Bovee, AS

William Hardy Pearson Jr., AS

Donald Matthue Klaren, AS

Albert Hibbert Dancy, S1c

 

SS Nathaniel Greene

Master: George A. Vickers

Roy Murray Billings, LT(jg), AGO*

Alexander LaGue, BM2c*

Norman Erwin Hyams, Cox*

Clarence H. Marihugh, S2c*

Leo Carl Fadda, S2c

Carleton Phillips, S2c

Tatum Wesley Vaughan, S2c

Robert F. Vaughn, S2c

Gordon Edwin Waldrop, S2c

James Carl Walker, S2c

Woodie Joe Walthall, S2c

Charles Edgar Walters, S2c*

Harold Ralph Watson, S2c

James Joseph McGeever, S2c

Richard Gualt McLaughlin, S2c

Wallace Reed McPaul, S2c

Charles Francis Maloney, S2c

Robert Theodore Mantz, S2c

 

SS Oliver Ellsworth

John F. Kelly, LT(jg), AGO

Willis Gordon Murran, Cox

Joseph James Baia, AS

Robert Jackson Cox, S2c

Charles Richard Cronk, S2c

David Holman Dahlin, S2c

Thomas Eugene Davis, S2c

Woodrow Earl Davis, S2c

Henry Irven Degraw, S2c

Francis Michael Gilroy, S2c

Craven Leroy Kleve, S2c

James Clifford Moore, S2c

Wade Roy Morgan, S2c

Orlan Silas Osboe, S2c

Chester Jack Pogodzinski, S2c

Walter Francis Polubinski, S2c

Thomas Kennon Price Jr., AS

Steve John Raica, S2c

Charles Ratz, S2c*

Henry Schoenfelder, AS

Sebastian James Seria, AS

George Patrick Sine, AS

Henry Joseph Slamiak, AS

Thomas William Smith, S2c

Charles Sanders Willings, S2c

John Alexander Thompson, S2c

 

SS Oregonian

Master: Harold W. Dowling

William R. Kirby, Ensign, AGO*

Arthur Leslie Adler, Cox*

Walter Ahramovich, AS

Philip Henry Allen, AS

Robert George Bailey, AS

Clifford Edward Allen, AS

Robert William Ballman, AS

Lloyd Richard Weeks, AS*

Edward Michael Whelan, AS

William P. Jackway, S1c

William H. Mayer, AS

Elmer S. Miller, AS

Samuel Monk Jr., AS

Chester Tomaselli, SM3c

 

SS Patrick Henry

Blake Hughes, LT(jg), AGO*

John Andrew Batinsky, Cox

Seth Thomas, AS

Chester Milton Wallace, AS

William Carlvan Turner, AS

William Joseph Turejano (Turegano), AS

James Williams, AS

Lawrence Jefferson Thornborough, AS

Robert Lee Taylor, AS

Charles Edward Bieber, S2c

George William Aliff, S2c

Paul Franklin Ballew, S2c

Charles William Clark, S2c

Leo Edward Crimmenga, S1c

Herman Duane Lewer, AS

Walter Frank Lubas, AS

Virgil Franklin McElveen, AS

Elmer Clarence Marvin Jr., AS

Milton Oscar Parker, AS

Curtis Randolph Pierce, AS

Jerry Blaze Waller, S2c

Charles Raymond Ward, S2c

Raymond Woodrow Wilson, S2c

David Wesling Michael, AS

 

SS Sahale

Master: A.J. Johannessen

Thomas Dale Carter, Ensign, AGO*

Henry Lamar Webb, Cox

Leonard Joseph Seymour, Cox

Joseph John Marczak, S2c

Robert James Shreeve, S2c

Nathan Hubert Corbin, S2c

Ralph Carral Cornmesser, S2c

Joseph Thomas Gentile, S2c

Douglas Hayman Gibson, S2c

Marvin Emary Gutridge, S2c

James England Head, S2c

Elvis Leo Roberts, S2c

Harvey Francis Taylor, S2c

Claudis Glen Teal, S2c

 

SS Schoharie       

Master: John Tryg

Albert Maynard, Ensign, AGO*

Leslie Carrell Alexander, AS

Emerson Pearce Ashton, AS

Dagnal Lilton Beasley, AS

Sherman Addison Bosley, As

Ralph Browning, AS

Aubrey Thomas Bruffy, AS

Calvin Clark Craig, AS

John Leven Wales, AS

Paul John Coury, S2c

Harry Steele Fry, S2c

 

SS St. Olaf

Wesley Norton Miller, LT(jg), AGO*

Irving John Nord, AS

Denvir Joseph O’Brien, AS

Kenneth Orr, AS

Harry Edward Pankau, AS

Douglas Lee Parrish, AS

Walter Merle Pattinson, AS

Halver Ogal Patton, AS

John Lawery Watson, S1c

Robert “E” Lee Watson, S2c

John Raymond Weber, AS

George Eugene Jorgensen, S2c

Harry Holder Grace, Jr., Cox

Robert Keith Eaton, AS

Albert William Edwards, AS

Edward Vincent Engles, AS

George Scott Dobbs, AS

Patrick Joseph Doner, AS

Henric Matthew Drzymala, AS

Dale Hansen Dunn, AS

Woodrow Dunn, AS

Herschell Leroy Gragg, AS

 

SS Virginia Dare

John Landers Laird, LT(jg), AGO*

John H. Harshaw, Ensign (Passenger)

Leo Grant Palmer, BM2c

Dorsey Austin Standefer, Cox

George Cecil Goddard, S1c*

Rex Eldon Robertson, S2c*

Lambert Eisso Reitsma, S2c

William Melvin Fraxier, S2c

Elmer Henry Layette, S2c

Winford Norwood Richardson, S2c

Donald Quentin Wardell, S2c

Alfred Eugene Richards, S2c

Arthur David Garvis, S2c

Frank C. Gay, S1c*

John Preston Gladson, S1c

Patrick Henry Gates Jr., S2c

Arthur Lee, S2c

Lawrence Buddy Roach, S2c

Felix Edward Rey, S2c

Cecil Billy Graff, S1c*

Paul Francis Lendman, S2c

Michelo Anthony Inguagiato, S1c

Gerard Edwin Ward, S1c

Arthur Leonard Haubert, S1c

Thomas James Fournier, S2c

John Henry Harmon, S2c*

 

SS Wacosta

Stanley C. Dalbec, LT(jg), AGO

Loys Pearl Bass, AS

Alland I. Malthrus, Cox

Cecil Frederick Collins, AS

Fred Preston Cown, AS

Lawrence Samuel Jackson, AS

Otis Lee Sims, AS

Costell Daniel Sturgill, AS

George Henry Thornburg

Leon Thomas Baldewicz, S2c

Clarence Russel Lockwood, S2c

August Uphoff Bohmer, AS

Vernon Burns, AS

 

SS White Clover             

Master: Julius W. Lintlom*

Boyd S. Upchurch, LT(jg), AGO

David Lawrence Crossetti, Cox

Francis Russell Andrews, AS

Francis Lavaughn Thorpe, AS

Charles Arthur Hart Jr., AS

Kenneth Melvin Hathaway, AS

Robert Frank Meyer, AS

James Houston Stutts, AS

Charles David Roberts, AS

Charles Kenneth Shearer, S2c

 

SS William Moultrie

Master: Charles L. Curtis

Jeremiah Ehret Mahoney, Ensign, AGO*

Raymond Albert More, S2c

Happy Howard Miles, AS

Earnest B. Moore, AS

Tex Lee Malone, AS

Richard Lowe, AS

Lester Odell Henson, AS

Oral Bley Hallows, AS

Kyle Kinsel Kelley, AS

Omer Lester West, AS

John Henry Buckner, AS

Elmer Russell Hartgrave, AS

Fred Oliver Tittle, AS

William Robert Abbott, Cox*

Edward Joseph Conway, S2c

Hasten Leland Crim, AS

John Paul Koss, AS

Stanley Vernon Leifait, AS

Timothy Benedict Lenihan, S2c

Donald Eugene Smith, AS

Raymond Phillip Tapscott, AS

Gordon Otis Thurston, AS

William Eugene Turner, AS

Peter Gene Wanson, AS

James William Bragg Jr., S1c