Service No. #8656389
Enlistment Date: 02/11/1943
Entered the Service From: Missouri
U.S.S. ST. LO (CVE-63)
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Wife: Mrs. Ann Helen Sullivan; Atlanta, Missouri. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Philippines (Philippine Sea).
Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999 lists his birth date as 16 Aug 1923 in Missouri, USA.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 624 Locust Street, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Contact person listed as S. W. Sullivan of Bucklin, Missouri. Place of birth listed as Bucklin, Missouri on 08/16/1923. Employed by General Wood Products, 11th Street, Rockford, Illinois as of 06/20/1942 registration date.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635
USS Saint Lo was an American aircraft carrier sunk in the Battle off Samar by a Japanese Zeke-52 kamikaze aircraft. The plane hit the St Lo at 10:53hrs. Shortly after, a massive explosion of her own magazines caused an enormous mushroom shaped cloud to rise above the doomed vessel. Another six or seven explosions occurred after her commander, Captain F. J. McKenna, gave the order to abandon ship. The St Lo disappeared beneath the waves at 11:25 hrs taking with her 126 members of her crew. Her escort destroyer, USS Dennis, rescued 434 survivors. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635
***I would like to thank Marigrace Clonts Furby Find A Grave ID 46482043 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Tim Cook Find A Grave ID 46481904 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank E. Find A Grave ID 46782320 for adding their photos to this memorial as well as linking his spouse to this memorial***
Suggested edit: There is a cenotaph for Calvin in his home state of Missouri Find A Grave ID #211546720
Contributor: E. (46782320)
Enlistment Date: 02/11/1943
Entered the Service From: Missouri
U.S.S. ST. LO (CVE-63)
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Wife: Mrs. Ann Helen Sullivan; Atlanta, Missouri. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Philippines (Philippine Sea).
Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999 lists his birth date as 16 Aug 1923 in Missouri, USA.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 624 Locust Street, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Contact person listed as S. W. Sullivan of Bucklin, Missouri. Place of birth listed as Bucklin, Missouri on 08/16/1923. Employed by General Wood Products, 11th Street, Rockford, Illinois as of 06/20/1942 registration date.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635
USS Saint Lo was an American aircraft carrier sunk in the Battle off Samar by a Japanese Zeke-52 kamikaze aircraft. The plane hit the St Lo at 10:53hrs. Shortly after, a massive explosion of her own magazines caused an enormous mushroom shaped cloud to rise above the doomed vessel. Another six or seven explosions occurred after her commander, Captain F. J. McKenna, gave the order to abandon ship. The St Lo disappeared beneath the waves at 11:25 hrs taking with her 126 members of her crew. Her escort destroyer, USS Dennis, rescued 434 survivors. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635
***I would like to thank Marigrace Clonts Furby Find A Grave ID 46482043 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Tim Cook Find A Grave ID 46481904 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank E. Find A Grave ID 46782320 for adding their photos to this memorial as well as linking his spouse to this memorial***
Suggested edit: There is a cenotaph for Calvin in his home state of Missouri Find A Grave ID #211546720
Contributor: E. (46782320)
Service No. #8656389
Enlistment Date: 02/11/1943
Entered the Service From: Missouri
U.S.S. ST. LO (CVE-63)
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Wife: Mrs. Ann Helen Sullivan; Atlanta, Missouri. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Philippines (Philippine Sea).
Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999 lists his birth date as 16 Aug 1923 in Missouri, USA.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 624 Locust Street, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Contact person listed as S. W. Sullivan of Bucklin, Missouri. Place of birth listed as Bucklin, Missouri on 08/16/1923. Employed by General Wood Products, 11th Street, Rockford, Illinois as of 06/20/1942 registration date.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635
USS Saint Lo was an American aircraft carrier sunk in the Battle off Samar by a Japanese Zeke-52 kamikaze aircraft. The plane hit the St Lo at 10:53hrs. Shortly after, a massive explosion of her own magazines caused an enormous mushroom shaped cloud to rise above the doomed vessel. Another six or seven explosions occurred after her commander, Captain F. J. McKenna, gave the order to abandon ship. The St Lo disappeared beneath the waves at 11:25 hrs taking with her 126 members of her crew. Her escort destroyer, USS Dennis, rescued 434 survivors. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635
***I would like to thank Marigrace Clonts Furby Find A Grave ID 46482043 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Tim Cook Find A Grave ID 46481904 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank E. Find A Grave ID 46782320 for adding their photos to this memorial as well as linking his spouse to this memorial***
Suggested edit: There is a cenotaph for Calvin in his home state of Missouri Find A Grave ID #211546720
Contributor: E. (46782320)
Enlistment Date: 02/11/1943
Entered the Service From: Missouri
U.S.S. ST. LO (CVE-63)
Awards: Purple Heart
U.S., World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945 lists his Next of Kin's Home of Record as Wife: Mrs. Ann Helen Sullivan; Atlanta, Missouri. Killed In Action.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (Unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Philippines (Philippine Sea).
Missouri, U.S., Birth Registers, 1847-1999 lists his birth date as 16 Aug 1923 in Missouri, USA.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as 624 Locust Street, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Contact person listed as S. W. Sullivan of Bucklin, Missouri. Place of birth listed as Bucklin, Missouri on 08/16/1923. Employed by General Wood Products, 11th Street, Rockford, Illinois as of 06/20/1942 registration date.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635
USS Saint Lo was an American aircraft carrier sunk in the Battle off Samar by a Japanese Zeke-52 kamikaze aircraft. The plane hit the St Lo at 10:53hrs. Shortly after, a massive explosion of her own magazines caused an enormous mushroom shaped cloud to rise above the doomed vessel. Another six or seven explosions occurred after her commander, Captain F. J. McKenna, gave the order to abandon ship. The St Lo disappeared beneath the waves at 11:25 hrs taking with her 126 members of her crew. Her escort destroyer, USS Dennis, rescued 434 survivors. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?59635
***I would like to thank Marigrace Clonts Furby Find A Grave ID 46482043 for creating this memorial***
***I would like to thank Tim Cook Find A Grave ID 46481904 for adding his photo to this memorial***
***I would like to thank E. Find A Grave ID 46782320 for adding their photos to this memorial as well as linking his spouse to this memorial***
Suggested edit: There is a cenotaph for Calvin in his home state of Missouri Find A Grave ID #211546720
Contributor: E. (46782320)
Inscription
S1c US Navy
Gravesite Details
Body lost at sea. Died when his ship, USS St. Lo sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in WWII
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