Service No. #3418253
Entered the Service from: Kansas
USS PILLSBURY (DD-227)
Awards: Purple Heart
Official Declaration Of Death: November 25th, 1945
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Father: Mr. Oscar John Hartenberger, 510 South Magnolia Street; Newton, Kansas. Killed In Action.
Information below gleaned from: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138148
During the Battle of the Java Sea, a powerfull Japanese force was patroling the south part, in order to prevent any Allied ship to escape. The Japanese force consisted of 4 battleships, 5 cruisers, aircraft carrier Soryu and the destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 4. The 2 destoyers USS Edsall and USS Pillsbury and gunboat USS Asheville (sunk by Arashi and Nowaki), unaware of this, ran straight into this mighty force. All 3 of them were sunk, approx. 200 miles East of Christmas Island. Nearly none of the crew of the 3 destroyers survived. Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138148
***I would like to thank James Atchison Find A Grave ID 48006640 for adding his photo to this memorial***
Service No. #3418253
Entered the Service from: Kansas
USS PILLSBURY (DD-227)
Awards: Purple Heart
Official Declaration Of Death: November 25th, 1945
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Father: Mr. Oscar John Hartenberger, 510 South Magnolia Street; Newton, Kansas. Killed In Action.
Information below gleaned from: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138148
During the Battle of the Java Sea, a powerfull Japanese force was patroling the south part, in order to prevent any Allied ship to escape. The Japanese force consisted of 4 battleships, 5 cruisers, aircraft carrier Soryu and the destroyers of Destroyer Squadron 4. The 2 destoyers USS Edsall and USS Pillsbury and gunboat USS Asheville (sunk by Arashi and Nowaki), unaware of this, ran straight into this mighty force. All 3 of them were sunk, approx. 200 miles East of Christmas Island. Nearly none of the crew of the 3 destroyers survived. Read more at wrecksite: https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?138148
***I would like to thank James Atchison Find A Grave ID 48006640 for adding his photo to this memorial***
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