Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until May 25, 1946.
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Charles served as a Fireman First Class, U.S.S. Lagarto (SS-371), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Suffolk County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
The U.S.S. Lagarto was sunk by the Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in the Gulf of Siam during the war.
Charles was declared "Missing In Action" in the Largarto's sinking.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 8021866
Charles also has a "Cenotaph" in the Batson Cemetery, Addison, Maine.
( see family links below )
The Lagarto lost all 88 crew members in this sinking and received one battle star for World War II service.
The U.S.S. Lagarto was found sitting upright at the bottom of the Southern Gulf of Siam, South China Sea in 2005 by a Navy crew and was in almost perfect condition. A book has been written on it's fate.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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Charles served as a Fireman First Class, U.S.S. Lagarto (SS-371), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Suffolk County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
The U.S.S. Lagarto was sunk by the Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in the Gulf of Siam during the war.
Charles was declared "Missing In Action" in the Largarto's sinking.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 8021866
Charles also has a "Cenotaph" in the Batson Cemetery, Addison, Maine.
( see family links below )
The Lagarto lost all 88 crew members in this sinking and received one battle star for World War II service.
The U.S.S. Lagarto was found sitting upright at the bottom of the Southern Gulf of Siam, South China Sea in 2005 by a Navy crew and was in almost perfect condition. A book has been written on it's fate.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Having actually gone "Missing" on the above date, he was not officially declared by the military as being dead until May 25, 1946.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Charles served as a Fireman First Class, U.S.S. Lagarto (SS-371), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Suffolk County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
The U.S.S. Lagarto was sunk by the Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in the Gulf of Siam during the war.
Charles was declared "Missing In Action" in the Largarto's sinking.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 8021866
Charles also has a "Cenotaph" in the Batson Cemetery, Addison, Maine.
( see family links below )
The Lagarto lost all 88 crew members in this sinking and received one battle star for World War II service.
The U.S.S. Lagarto was found sitting upright at the bottom of the Southern Gulf of Siam, South China Sea in 2005 by a Navy crew and was in almost perfect condition. A book has been written on it's fate.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Charles served as a Fireman First Class, U.S.S. Lagarto (SS-371), U.S. Navy during World War II.
He resided in Suffolk County, Massachusetts prior to the war.
The U.S.S. Lagarto was sunk by the Japanese minelayer Hatsutaka in the Gulf of Siam during the war.
Charles was declared "Missing In Action" in the Largarto's sinking.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 8021866
Charles also has a "Cenotaph" in the Batson Cemetery, Addison, Maine.
( see family links below )
The Lagarto lost all 88 crew members in this sinking and received one battle star for World War II service.
The U.S.S. Lagarto was found sitting upright at the bottom of the Southern Gulf of Siam, South China Sea in 2005 by a Navy crew and was in almost perfect condition. A book has been written on it's fate.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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