Grover Edward Uhl
Entered Service From: California
Service #: 565-14-54
Rank: Seaman First Class U.S. Navy
Unit: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Death: 25 October 1944, killed in the explosion aboard the U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27) caused by a Japanese kamikaze attack on 25 October 1944 in the Philippine Sea.
Status: Buried At Sea
Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery – Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy
Awards: Purple Heart
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1930 United States Federal Census (11 April 1930): Township 3, Kern County, California (sheet 11A, family 278, 212 Decatur St) – Grover Uhl (4 California).
1940 United States Federal Census (05 April 1940): Norco, Temescal Township, Riverside County, California (sheet 2B, household 46, 578 Hillside Avenue) – Grover Uhl (14 California). His family had lived in Bell, California in 1935.
Grover Uhl attended Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, California.
Grover Edward Uhl enlisted in the United States Navy (S/N 565-14-54) on 20 March 1943 in Los Angles, California.
Local Youths Enlist In Navy
Recent enlistments in the U.S. Navy as reported by the San Pedro recruiting substation include: ... Grover E. Uhl, 752 Realty. Source: Wilmington Daily Press Journal (Wilmington, California), Friday, 23 April 1943, page 1.
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls: 18 October 1943 to 25 October 1944
U.S.S. SUWANNEE
Seaman 1st Class Grover Edward Uhl, USNR, V-6, (S/N 565-14-54). He was received on board the escort carrier U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27) on 18 October 1943 from Composite Squadron 60..
On 12 October 1944, the U.S.S. Suwannee departed Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands in company with TU 77.4.11, for Leyte Gulf, P. I. There they provided air support missions for ground forces operating on Leyte, provided fighter sweeps in the western Visayan Islands and northern Mindanao and launched strikes against airfields in those regions. Anti-shipping sweeps sunk several small AKs, numerous luggers and some PT boats. Air Group Sixty shot down at least 24 enemy planes.
Philippine Sea – On 25 October 1944, at about 0804 the U.S.S. Suwannee was struck by a Japanese kamikaze fighter plane ("Zeke") that crashed just forward of the after elevator. It was carrying a 250-kilogram delayed action bomb which exploded between the flight deck and hanger deck causing significant damage and many casualties (69 killed, 82 wounded). Source: U.S.S. SUWANNEE Action Report, Leyte Operation
Seaman First Class Grover Edward Uhl was one of the men killed in action when the U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27 was hit by the kamikaze attack on 25 October 1944. He was buried at sea. Virtually all of the men lost aboard the Suwannee were buried at sea. Grover is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy in the Manila American Cemetery.
Receives Word Brother Killed In Pacific War
Word that his brother, Seaman First Class Grover Edward Uhl, U.S. Navy, had been killed in action was received this week by Marshall Uhl, 1713 McDonald avenue, and by his mother, Mrs. Robert Acker of Harbor City.
Details of young Uhl's death in the Pacific theatre of war were not given.
Previous to enlisting in the Navy, Seaman Uhl attended Banning High School and was well-known locally.
Besides his brother Marshall and his mother, he is survived by another brother, George, serving with the Navy in the Pacific, and his father, George Uhl of San Francisco. Source: Wilmington Daily Press Journal (Wilmington, California), Tuesday, 14 November 1944, page 4.
Entered Service From: California
Service #: 565-14-54
Rank: Seaman First Class U.S. Navy
Unit: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Death: 25 October 1944, killed in the explosion aboard the U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27) caused by a Japanese kamikaze attack on 25 October 1944 in the Philippine Sea.
Status: Buried At Sea
Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery – Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy
Awards: Purple Heart
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1930 United States Federal Census (11 April 1930): Township 3, Kern County, California (sheet 11A, family 278, 212 Decatur St) – Grover Uhl (4 California).
1940 United States Federal Census (05 April 1940): Norco, Temescal Township, Riverside County, California (sheet 2B, household 46, 578 Hillside Avenue) – Grover Uhl (14 California). His family had lived in Bell, California in 1935.
Grover Uhl attended Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, California.
Grover Edward Uhl enlisted in the United States Navy (S/N 565-14-54) on 20 March 1943 in Los Angles, California.
Local Youths Enlist In Navy
Recent enlistments in the U.S. Navy as reported by the San Pedro recruiting substation include: ... Grover E. Uhl, 752 Realty. Source: Wilmington Daily Press Journal (Wilmington, California), Friday, 23 April 1943, page 1.
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls: 18 October 1943 to 25 October 1944
U.S.S. SUWANNEE
Seaman 1st Class Grover Edward Uhl, USNR, V-6, (S/N 565-14-54). He was received on board the escort carrier U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27) on 18 October 1943 from Composite Squadron 60..
On 12 October 1944, the U.S.S. Suwannee departed Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands in company with TU 77.4.11, for Leyte Gulf, P. I. There they provided air support missions for ground forces operating on Leyte, provided fighter sweeps in the western Visayan Islands and northern Mindanao and launched strikes against airfields in those regions. Anti-shipping sweeps sunk several small AKs, numerous luggers and some PT boats. Air Group Sixty shot down at least 24 enemy planes.
Philippine Sea – On 25 October 1944, at about 0804 the U.S.S. Suwannee was struck by a Japanese kamikaze fighter plane ("Zeke") that crashed just forward of the after elevator. It was carrying a 250-kilogram delayed action bomb which exploded between the flight deck and hanger deck causing significant damage and many casualties (69 killed, 82 wounded). Source: U.S.S. SUWANNEE Action Report, Leyte Operation
Seaman First Class Grover Edward Uhl was one of the men killed in action when the U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27 was hit by the kamikaze attack on 25 October 1944. He was buried at sea. Virtually all of the men lost aboard the Suwannee were buried at sea. Grover is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy in the Manila American Cemetery.
Receives Word Brother Killed In Pacific War
Word that his brother, Seaman First Class Grover Edward Uhl, U.S. Navy, had been killed in action was received this week by Marshall Uhl, 1713 McDonald avenue, and by his mother, Mrs. Robert Acker of Harbor City.
Details of young Uhl's death in the Pacific theatre of war were not given.
Previous to enlisting in the Navy, Seaman Uhl attended Banning High School and was well-known locally.
Besides his brother Marshall and his mother, he is survived by another brother, George, serving with the Navy in the Pacific, and his father, George Uhl of San Francisco. Source: Wilmington Daily Press Journal (Wilmington, California), Tuesday, 14 November 1944, page 4.
Grover Edward Uhl
Entered Service From: California
Service #: 565-14-54
Rank: Seaman First Class U.S. Navy
Unit: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Death: 25 October 1944, killed in the explosion aboard the U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27) caused by a Japanese kamikaze attack on 25 October 1944 in the Philippine Sea.
Status: Buried At Sea
Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery – Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy
Awards: Purple Heart
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1930 United States Federal Census (11 April 1930): Township 3, Kern County, California (sheet 11A, family 278, 212 Decatur St) – Grover Uhl (4 California).
1940 United States Federal Census (05 April 1940): Norco, Temescal Township, Riverside County, California (sheet 2B, household 46, 578 Hillside Avenue) – Grover Uhl (14 California). His family had lived in Bell, California in 1935.
Grover Uhl attended Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, California.
Grover Edward Uhl enlisted in the United States Navy (S/N 565-14-54) on 20 March 1943 in Los Angles, California.
Local Youths Enlist In Navy
Recent enlistments in the U.S. Navy as reported by the San Pedro recruiting substation include: ... Grover E. Uhl, 752 Realty. Source: Wilmington Daily Press Journal (Wilmington, California), Friday, 23 April 1943, page 1.
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls: 18 October 1943 to 25 October 1944
U.S.S. SUWANNEE
Seaman 1st Class Grover Edward Uhl, USNR, V-6, (S/N 565-14-54). He was received on board the escort carrier U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27) on 18 October 1943 from Composite Squadron 60..
On 12 October 1944, the U.S.S. Suwannee departed Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands in company with TU 77.4.11, for Leyte Gulf, P. I. There they provided air support missions for ground forces operating on Leyte, provided fighter sweeps in the western Visayan Islands and northern Mindanao and launched strikes against airfields in those regions. Anti-shipping sweeps sunk several small AKs, numerous luggers and some PT boats. Air Group Sixty shot down at least 24 enemy planes.
Philippine Sea – On 25 October 1944, at about 0804 the U.S.S. Suwannee was struck by a Japanese kamikaze fighter plane ("Zeke") that crashed just forward of the after elevator. It was carrying a 250-kilogram delayed action bomb which exploded between the flight deck and hanger deck causing significant damage and many casualties (69 killed, 82 wounded). Source: U.S.S. SUWANNEE Action Report, Leyte Operation
Seaman First Class Grover Edward Uhl was one of the men killed in action when the U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27 was hit by the kamikaze attack on 25 October 1944. He was buried at sea. Virtually all of the men lost aboard the Suwannee were buried at sea. Grover is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy in the Manila American Cemetery.
Receives Word Brother Killed In Pacific War
Word that his brother, Seaman First Class Grover Edward Uhl, U.S. Navy, had been killed in action was received this week by Marshall Uhl, 1713 McDonald avenue, and by his mother, Mrs. Robert Acker of Harbor City.
Details of young Uhl's death in the Pacific theatre of war were not given.
Previous to enlisting in the Navy, Seaman Uhl attended Banning High School and was well-known locally.
Besides his brother Marshall and his mother, he is survived by another brother, George, serving with the Navy in the Pacific, and his father, George Uhl of San Francisco. Source: Wilmington Daily Press Journal (Wilmington, California), Tuesday, 14 November 1944, page 4.
Entered Service From: California
Service #: 565-14-54
Rank: Seaman First Class U.S. Navy
Unit: United States Naval Reserve
Date of Death: 25 October 1944, killed in the explosion aboard the U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27) caused by a Japanese kamikaze attack on 25 October 1944 in the Philippine Sea.
Status: Buried At Sea
Memorialized: Manila American Cemetery – Tablets of the Missing – United States Navy
Awards: Purple Heart
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1930 United States Federal Census (11 April 1930): Township 3, Kern County, California (sheet 11A, family 278, 212 Decatur St) – Grover Uhl (4 California).
1940 United States Federal Census (05 April 1940): Norco, Temescal Township, Riverside County, California (sheet 2B, household 46, 578 Hillside Avenue) – Grover Uhl (14 California). His family had lived in Bell, California in 1935.
Grover Uhl attended Phineas Banning High School in Wilmington, California.
Grover Edward Uhl enlisted in the United States Navy (S/N 565-14-54) on 20 March 1943 in Los Angles, California.
Local Youths Enlist In Navy
Recent enlistments in the U.S. Navy as reported by the San Pedro recruiting substation include: ... Grover E. Uhl, 752 Realty. Source: Wilmington Daily Press Journal (Wilmington, California), Friday, 23 April 1943, page 1.
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls: 18 October 1943 to 25 October 1944
U.S.S. SUWANNEE
Seaman 1st Class Grover Edward Uhl, USNR, V-6, (S/N 565-14-54). He was received on board the escort carrier U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27) on 18 October 1943 from Composite Squadron 60..
On 12 October 1944, the U.S.S. Suwannee departed Seeadler Harbor, Manus Island, Admiralty Islands in company with TU 77.4.11, for Leyte Gulf, P. I. There they provided air support missions for ground forces operating on Leyte, provided fighter sweeps in the western Visayan Islands and northern Mindanao and launched strikes against airfields in those regions. Anti-shipping sweeps sunk several small AKs, numerous luggers and some PT boats. Air Group Sixty shot down at least 24 enemy planes.
Philippine Sea – On 25 October 1944, at about 0804 the U.S.S. Suwannee was struck by a Japanese kamikaze fighter plane ("Zeke") that crashed just forward of the after elevator. It was carrying a 250-kilogram delayed action bomb which exploded between the flight deck and hanger deck causing significant damage and many casualties (69 killed, 82 wounded). Source: U.S.S. SUWANNEE Action Report, Leyte Operation
Seaman First Class Grover Edward Uhl was one of the men killed in action when the U.S.S. Suwannee (CVE-27 was hit by the kamikaze attack on 25 October 1944. He was buried at sea. Virtually all of the men lost aboard the Suwannee were buried at sea. Grover is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Navy in the Manila American Cemetery.
Receives Word Brother Killed In Pacific War
Word that his brother, Seaman First Class Grover Edward Uhl, U.S. Navy, had been killed in action was received this week by Marshall Uhl, 1713 McDonald avenue, and by his mother, Mrs. Robert Acker of Harbor City.
Details of young Uhl's death in the Pacific theatre of war were not given.
Previous to enlisting in the Navy, Seaman Uhl attended Banning High School and was well-known locally.
Besides his brother Marshall and his mother, he is survived by another brother, George, serving with the Navy in the Pacific, and his father, George Uhl of San Francisco. Source: Wilmington Daily Press Journal (Wilmington, California), Tuesday, 14 November 1944, page 4.
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