Service No. #6288649
Entered the Service from: Kansas
U.S.S. BISMARCK SEA (CVE-95)
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 Sister: Mrs. Katherine Drenik, 214 East Adams; Pittsburg, Kansas. Killed In Action.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as % D. T. Goss, 603 Acres Avenue, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. Contact person is D. T. Goss of same address. Place of birth listed as Pittsburg, Kansas on 07/10/1923. Middle name listed as Robert. Employed by Albert Goss, Garden City, Kansas as of 06/29/1942 registration date.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Pacific Ocean (Bonin & Volcano Islands) on 21 Feb 1945.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134222
USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) was a 10,982 ton escort carrier was launched in 1944 under the name ´Alikula Bay ´ and later renamed Bismarck Sea. Joined the US 7th Fleet and saw action off Leyte and in the Lingayen Gulf landings. While taking part in the Iwo Jima invasion, the Bismarck Sea (Captain J.L. Pratt) was attacked by three Japanese kamikaze planes from the island of Kyushu, Japan. One of the planes crashed onto her deck, the other two were shot down. An explosion in her ammunition store caused uncontrollable fires and in spite of all efforts of her crew to save the ship, the carrier sank ninety minutes later. Of her complement of 860, a total of 318 men lost their lives. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134222
Service No. #6288649
Entered the Service from: Kansas
U.S.S. BISMARCK SEA (CVE-95)
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 Sister: Mrs. Katherine Drenik, 214 East Adams; Pittsburg, Kansas. Killed In Action.
U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 lists his residence as % D. T. Goss, 603 Acres Avenue, Garden City, Finney County, Kansas. Contact person is D. T. Goss of same address. Place of birth listed as Pittsburg, Kansas on 07/10/1923. Middle name listed as Robert. Employed by Albert Goss, Garden City, Kansas as of 06/29/1942 registration date.
U.S., Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, Unaccounted-for Remains, Group B (unrecoverable), 1941-1975 lists his MIA Place as Pacific Ocean (Bonin & Volcano Islands) on 21 Feb 1945.
Information below gleaned from: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134222
USS Bismarck Sea (CVE-95) was a 10,982 ton escort carrier was launched in 1944 under the name ´Alikula Bay ´ and later renamed Bismarck Sea. Joined the US 7th Fleet and saw action off Leyte and in the Lingayen Gulf landings. While taking part in the Iwo Jima invasion, the Bismarck Sea (Captain J.L. Pratt) was attacked by three Japanese kamikaze planes from the island of Kyushu, Japan. One of the planes crashed onto her deck, the other two were shot down. An explosion in her ammunition store caused uncontrollable fires and in spite of all efforts of her crew to save the ship, the carrier sank ninety minutes later. Of her complement of 860, a total of 318 men lost their lives. Read more at wrecksite: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?134222
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