Wallace Emery Green was the first of six children born to Ida Josephine (Bell) and Randolph Shannon Green. His father, a lifelong farmer, married Ida Josephone Bell on February 5, 1916 at Albert Lea, Freeborn Co., Minnesota. Sometime after the birth of their third child in 1921, the family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada where they farmed for several years before returning to North Dakota in the early 1930's. Wallace's mother died in 1945 and his father remarried in 1955.
Wallace's siblings were Albert L., Alvin J., Clifford H., Ruby L., Noranda B. and half-brother Randolph S., Jr.
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USNR
Service No 6602454
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from North Dakota
Seaman 2nd Class WALLACE E. GREEN, a US Navy Armed Guard, was on board the SS Tillie Lykes, an American steam merchant, when the ship left its homeport of Galveston, TX on June 13, 1942. Bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, the unescorted ship's cargo consisted on 2705 tons of general cargo, including food and machinery. On the 18th, the steamer was incorrectly reported missing due to enemy action in the Yucatan Basin.
In the early morning hours of the 28th, however, German submarine U-154 spied the lone ship heading east, about 100 miles south of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A single torpedo was fired and although the steamer was sailing a zigzag course, it hit amidships. The ship sank in 2 ½ minutes. The Germans tried to question the few survivors who made it onto a raft or were clinging to debris, but due to heavy seas and everyone yelling at once they were unable to understand very much. Consequently, Tillie Lykes was misidentified as Clyde with 3200 grt, but no such vessel was found in the official ship listings.
There were 29 Merchant Mariners and four (4) U.S. Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Seaman Green's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing at the East Coast Memorial at Battery Park, New York, NY
Wallace's siblings were Albert L., Alvin J., Clifford H., Ruby L., Noranda B. and half-brother Randolph S., Jr.
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USNR
Service No 6602454
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from North Dakota
Seaman 2nd Class WALLACE E. GREEN, a US Navy Armed Guard, was on board the SS Tillie Lykes, an American steam merchant, when the ship left its homeport of Galveston, TX on June 13, 1942. Bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, the unescorted ship's cargo consisted on 2705 tons of general cargo, including food and machinery. On the 18th, the steamer was incorrectly reported missing due to enemy action in the Yucatan Basin.
In the early morning hours of the 28th, however, German submarine U-154 spied the lone ship heading east, about 100 miles south of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A single torpedo was fired and although the steamer was sailing a zigzag course, it hit amidships. The ship sank in 2 ½ minutes. The Germans tried to question the few survivors who made it onto a raft or were clinging to debris, but due to heavy seas and everyone yelling at once they were unable to understand very much. Consequently, Tillie Lykes was misidentified as Clyde with 3200 grt, but no such vessel was found in the official ship listings.
There were 29 Merchant Mariners and four (4) U.S. Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Seaman Green's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing at the East Coast Memorial at Battery Park, New York, NY
Wallace Emery Green was the first of six children born to Ida Josephine (Bell) and Randolph Shannon Green. His father, a lifelong farmer, married Ida Josephone Bell on February 5, 1916 at Albert Lea, Freeborn Co., Minnesota. Sometime after the birth of their third child in 1921, the family moved to Saskatchewan, Canada where they farmed for several years before returning to North Dakota in the early 1930's. Wallace's mother died in 1945 and his father remarried in 1955.
Wallace's siblings were Albert L., Alvin J., Clifford H., Ruby L., Noranda B. and half-brother Randolph S., Jr.
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USNR
Service No 6602454
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from North Dakota
Seaman 2nd Class WALLACE E. GREEN, a US Navy Armed Guard, was on board the SS Tillie Lykes, an American steam merchant, when the ship left its homeport of Galveston, TX on June 13, 1942. Bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, the unescorted ship's cargo consisted on 2705 tons of general cargo, including food and machinery. On the 18th, the steamer was incorrectly reported missing due to enemy action in the Yucatan Basin.
In the early morning hours of the 28th, however, German submarine U-154 spied the lone ship heading east, about 100 miles south of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A single torpedo was fired and although the steamer was sailing a zigzag course, it hit amidships. The ship sank in 2 ½ minutes. The Germans tried to question the few survivors who made it onto a raft or were clinging to debris, but due to heavy seas and everyone yelling at once they were unable to understand very much. Consequently, Tillie Lykes was misidentified as Clyde with 3200 grt, but no such vessel was found in the official ship listings.
There were 29 Merchant Mariners and four (4) U.S. Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Seaman Green's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing at the East Coast Memorial at Battery Park, New York, NY
Wallace's siblings were Albert L., Alvin J., Clifford H., Ruby L., Noranda B. and half-brother Randolph S., Jr.
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USNR
Service No 6602454
Award: Purple Heart
Entered the service from North Dakota
Seaman 2nd Class WALLACE E. GREEN, a US Navy Armed Guard, was on board the SS Tillie Lykes, an American steam merchant, when the ship left its homeport of Galveston, TX on June 13, 1942. Bound for San Juan, Puerto Rico, the unescorted ship's cargo consisted on 2705 tons of general cargo, including food and machinery. On the 18th, the steamer was incorrectly reported missing due to enemy action in the Yucatan Basin.
In the early morning hours of the 28th, however, German submarine U-154 spied the lone ship heading east, about 100 miles south of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. A single torpedo was fired and although the steamer was sailing a zigzag course, it hit amidships. The ship sank in 2 ½ minutes. The Germans tried to question the few survivors who made it onto a raft or were clinging to debris, but due to heavy seas and everyone yelling at once they were unable to understand very much. Consequently, Tillie Lykes was misidentified as Clyde with 3200 grt, but no such vessel was found in the official ship listings.
There were 29 Merchant Mariners and four (4) U.S. Navy Armed Guards on board; none survived.
Seaman Green's name can be found on the Tablets of the Missing at the East Coast Memorial at Battery Park, New York, NY
Gravesite Details
BODY LOST AT SEA. Seaman Green was on the SS Tillie Lykes when the ship was torpedoed and sunk during WWII.
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