*Note: Incorrect photo uploaded. It is not the cenotaph for this memorial at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Missing
OCKER, LEROY MILTON, Electrician's Mate Third Class (no. 8696164), USS Cooper (DD-695), US Navy Reserve, †03/12/1944
Parents, Minor J. and Margaret L. Ocker
Wife, Mrs. Lela Evelyn Goodman Ocker, 1721 16th St., Monroe, Wis.
Another cenotaph memorializing EM3 Ocker on parents' grave marker
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USS COOPER (DD-695)
On December 3rd, 1944, destroyer engagement in Ormoc Bay that began late the previous night continues. Destroyer Cooper (DD-695) is sunk, possibly by torpedo from escort destroyer Kuwa, but not before Cooper, along with Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) and Moale (DD-693), sinks Kuwa and damages her sistership Take. "Black Cat" PBY-5A picks up Cooper's survivors that night and the next day. One PBY carries 56 in addition to its 8-man crew.
OCKER, LEROY MILTON, Electrician's Mate Third Class (no. 8696164), USS Cooper (DD-695), US Navy Reserve, †03/12/1944
Parents, Minor J. and Margaret L. Ocker
Wife, Mrs. Lela Evelyn Goodman Ocker, 1721 16th St., Monroe, Wis.
Another cenotaph memorializing EM3 Ocker on parents' grave marker
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USS COOPER (DD-695)
On December 3rd, 1944, destroyer engagement in Ormoc Bay that began late the previous night continues. Destroyer Cooper (DD-695) is sunk, possibly by torpedo from escort destroyer Kuwa, but not before Cooper, along with Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) and Moale (DD-693), sinks Kuwa and damages her sistership Take. "Black Cat" PBY-5A picks up Cooper's survivors that night and the next day. One PBY carries 56 in addition to its 8-man crew.
*Note: Incorrect photo uploaded. It is not the cenotaph for this memorial at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Tablets of the Missing
OCKER, LEROY MILTON, Electrician's Mate Third Class (no. 8696164), USS Cooper (DD-695), US Navy Reserve, †03/12/1944
Parents, Minor J. and Margaret L. Ocker
Wife, Mrs. Lela Evelyn Goodman Ocker, 1721 16th St., Monroe, Wis.
Another cenotaph memorializing EM3 Ocker on parents' grave marker
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USS COOPER (DD-695)
On December 3rd, 1944, destroyer engagement in Ormoc Bay that began late the previous night continues. Destroyer Cooper (DD-695) is sunk, possibly by torpedo from escort destroyer Kuwa, but not before Cooper, along with Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) and Moale (DD-693), sinks Kuwa and damages her sistership Take. "Black Cat" PBY-5A picks up Cooper's survivors that night and the next day. One PBY carries 56 in addition to its 8-man crew.
OCKER, LEROY MILTON, Electrician's Mate Third Class (no. 8696164), USS Cooper (DD-695), US Navy Reserve, †03/12/1944
Parents, Minor J. and Margaret L. Ocker
Wife, Mrs. Lela Evelyn Goodman Ocker, 1721 16th St., Monroe, Wis.
Another cenotaph memorializing EM3 Ocker on parents' grave marker
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USS COOPER (DD-695)
On December 3rd, 1944, destroyer engagement in Ormoc Bay that began late the previous night continues. Destroyer Cooper (DD-695) is sunk, possibly by torpedo from escort destroyer Kuwa, but not before Cooper, along with Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) and Moale (DD-693), sinks Kuwa and damages her sistership Take. "Black Cat" PBY-5A picks up Cooper's survivors that night and the next day. One PBY carries 56 in addition to its 8-man crew.
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