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Pollux Crew: Survivors

Officers

Althouse, Jack M., Ensign (passenger) Information not available*
Bollinger. George W., Lieutenant (jg) "
Bostic, Sam C. Lieutenant Commander "
Boundy, James W. Lieutenant (passenger) "
Bradley, George C. Lieutenant (jg) "
Brown, Edgar Dewitt, Ensign "
Dougherty, Philip K., Lieutenant (jg) "
Gabrielson, John E., Lieutenant Commander "
Garnaus, Jack R., Lieutenant "
Grayson, Robert H., Ensign "
Grindley, William C., Lieutenant (jg) "
Pollack, Alfred I., Ensign "
Schmidt, Russell J., Lieutenant (jg) "
Stroik, Edward A., Lieutenant "
Turney, Hugh W. , Commander "
Verell, Edward D., Pay Clerk "
Weintraub, Paul L., Lieutenant "
Whitney, Robert B., Ensign (passenger) "
Wrensh, Donald B., Ensign (passenger) "

Enlisted Personnel

Adams, Pleasant A., SC2c "
Appel, Arthur W., Sealc "
Ashbridge, Robert C., CMM "
Barnes, Walton D., AS "
Baumgarth, John G., Sealc "
Berry, Jabin G., CGM "
Bettis, Melvin, Mldr2c (passenger) "
Bjerre, Walter, F1c "
Bomar, Bernard B., AS "
Bowker, George, Sea2c "
Bowser, Herbert T., Sea2c "
Brehm, Fred C., SK3c "
Brewer, Wayne H., AS "
Brooks, Harold E., QM1c "
Brown, Ralph, CSM "
Buck, Frank T., SK3c "
Bulanowski, Walter Charles, MM1c "
Cadugan, Rowsell D., F2c "
Cady, Donald W., Rm3c "
Calemmo, Lawrence J., F1c "
Califano, Ernest L., F2c "
Callahan, Thomas P., EM1c "
Carden, Jack, EM3c "
Carey, John H., AS "
Charbonneau, William R., RM3c "
Cheetham, Kenneth, RM3c "
Clark, Homar L., F1c "
Cline, Carl B., F3c "
Coleman, George L., BM2c View Information
Collins, Robert M., Sealc Information not available
Conine, Robert G., CQM "
Cowan, David J., RM3c (or T.J. Cowen) "
Cox, John, Sea2c "
Cox, Oscar Kemp, RM1c "
Crump, Jack Mayo, MM2c "
Davis, Harry Edward, SK2c "
Davis, Robert Lee, AS "
Davis, Warren H., AS "
Dawson, Leon, Matt1c "
Dodson, Charles F., SK2c "
Drag, Henry W., F2c "
Duncan, Lawrence B., AS "
Dunlap, John Arthur, SC3c "
Dupuy, Alfred M., SK3c "
Eaves, Harold W., F1l "
Edenfield, James R., AS "
Eitelbach (or Eitelback), William J., Jr., F1c "
Elliott, George Andrew, Sea1c "
Enfinger, James C., Sea2c "
Evans, James Vance, AS "
Falvey, Cornelius J., CEM F4cFR "
Gieryn, Eugene S., Sea2c "
Glazer, Barnett, AS "
Gossum, Rupert E., cks "
Greene, Herbert J.(or Hubert J.), Sea1c "
Greenfield, Warren A., SM2c "
Hall, George C., SK3c "
Haney, William A., F3c "
Hanson, E.L.(or H.N.),SK1c "
Heldt, William C., Sea1c "
Hentosh, Michael, F2c "
Herlong (or Hurlong), Robert A., Jr., Sea2c "
Hoffman, Frank G., Sea2c "
Horner, George J., Sea1c "
Hughes, Leon H., Jr., SK2c "
Hukel, Thomas S., Sea2c "
Jackson, Everett L., AS "
Jalanivich, David W., AS "
Janocha, Joseph J., BM2c "
Johnson, George W., Sea1c "
Johnson, Kenneth C., F3c "
Jordan, Burt C., AS "
Keene, Elmer W., MM2c "
Kelley, Olin John, CM3c (passenger) "
Keppel, Joseph F., AS "
Knighten (Knighton), Leon O., AS "
Lamb, Albert Ross, F2c "
Lecours, Joseph Edwards (or E.A.), CSK(AA) "
Lee, Thomas Edward, RM3c "
Lewis, Howard Thomas, AS "
Lloyd, Garrett, BM1c "
Malone, Arthur Peter, Sea1c "
Marlow, Charles Ray, SK3c "
Matthews, Arthur C., WT1c "
McCarron, Thomas James, Sea1c "
McCormick, Daniel Edward, CWT(FR) "
McFarland, John L., Jr., EM2c "
Miller, Lloyd Wayne, PhM1c (Passenger) "
Miller, Robert Leonard, Sea2c "
Mongeau, Norman Theodore, SK1c "
Nicosia, Samuel L., SK3c "
O'Connor (or O'Oconnore), Robert G., Cphm "
Parker, Ralph W., CRM "
Paulsen, Arthur May, CCStd (FR) "
Pfeifer (or Pfiefer), Ernest Henry, F1c "
Phillips, Walter C., CFC(FR) "
Pond, Stweart Montell, Sea1c "
Popolizio, Vincent J., F2c "
Pulver, Paul Enoch, SK1c "
Quinn, Joseph Grover, Sea2c "
Reich, John Joseph, WT2c "
Retzlaff, William F., SK2c "
Roberts, Milton H., Y3c (Passenger) "
Ross, James Macbeth, F2c "
Shaner, Jesse Allison, F1c "
Sipperley, Edward F., F1c "
Smith, Irving, CMM "
Speece, Harold Ray, MM1c "
Stanford, William L., SF1c "
Strauss, Isaac Henry, QM3c View Information
Tabeling, Raymond G., MM2c Information not available
Taylor, John Caldwell, PhM3c "
Taylor, John Caldwell, PhM3c "
Tebbach, William J., (rating unknown) "
Thomson, Edward Allan, GM3c "
Trojack, George, SK2c "
Turner, Thomas Requa, QM3c "
Wasco, Walter W., CPhM (passenger) "
Weaver, Laurence A., Jr., SK2c "
Wood, William, GM3c "
Woody, Troy Lee, OS2c "

Men who lost their lives on the USS Pollux

Officers

Clarke, Francis Xavier, Ensign Information not available

Enlisted Personnel

Adkins, Golden, AS View Information
Bean, Leslie Elmer, AS Information not available
Brown, Thomas Hayward, AS "
Brunson, Theodore Raymond "
Buckwell, Crowell Harding, AS "
Budka, William, WT2c "
Butler, David Eugene, AS "
Cannon, Clyde Cecil, Sea2c "
Carrington, Carl Ulysses, Matt2c "
Christianson, Harris Curtis (passenger) "
Chrysanthem, George, Sea1c "
Cochrane, Donald Ivan, SK3c "
Conley, Harold Francis, JR. (passenger) "
Cool, Orland, Robert, Sea1c "
Copeland, Rex Edmund, GM3c "
Cruza, Joseph Jr. (passenger) "
Culpan, Raymond, Bkrlc "
DeRosa, William Anthony, Bkr3c "
Ducre, Bernard Herman, Matt3c "
Dunn, James Earl, BM1c "
Edwards, Floyd Lee, Sea1c "
Edwards, James David, SK3c "
Edwards, Winson A., EM2c "
Farber, Richard Paul, Sea2c "
Flechsenhaar, Howard, SK3c "
Foster, James Henderson, Matt3c "
Gates, Nelson Edward, SK3c "
Gavin, Thomas V., Jr., AS "
Genetti, Frederick Alfred, Sea2c "
Giles, O.H., Jr., AS "
Gipson, Ferroll Myron, BM2c View Information
Gomez, Perique, Jr., MM1c View Information
Gorman (or Groman), William Francis, MM1C Information not available
Greer, James O., AS "
Hak, Frank Joseph, SK3c "
Hardy, Arthur H., AS View Information
Harris, Tommie (Alexander A.), Matt2c Information not available
Henderson, George Warren, AS "
Hill, James Thomas, Sea1c "
Hixon, James Henry, AS "
Isbell, Robert Lefette, AS View Information
Izzo, Mario Fred, F1c View Information
Jabkowsky, Edward Vincent, CBM View Information
Jewett, Phillip Loren, Mmsth2c Information not available
Johnson, Lee Edward, GM1c View Information
Johnson, Thomas Erwin, Jr., GM1c Information not available
Kavenaugh, L. Wm. (Passenger) "
Kemp, William Bedell Mmsth1c "
Killelea, Charles F., SF3c "
Kirkham, Fred, EM1c "
Landrey (or Laundrey), Andre J., AS "
Lanning, Ronald Ross, Phm1c "
Lentsch, William J., Bkmr2c "
Lindup, Joseph J., AS "
Manger, Peter, Sea1c "
Marks, George A., BM1c "
Martenas, Bruce A., MM2c "
Mayo, Milburn Wm., Sea1c "
McGinnis, Bill M., Sea2c "
McKay, Chester Rufus, BM2c View Information
Merkl, John Wm., Jr., Sk3c Information not available
Meyer, Theodore H., SK2c "
Meyers, Joseph, Sea2c View Information
Nanck, Edward, F2c View Information
Neville, Joseph P., T1c Information not available
Newman, Charles P., (passenger) View Information
Phillips, John J., WT1c Information not available
Popp, Walter E., MM1c "
Prichard, Charles Lloyd, Jr., (passenger) View Information
Protz, Christian Fred, Jr., F2c Information not available
Ricaf, Rente Jacinto, OC1c "
Riordan, James J., Y2c "
Rosenblatt, Murray, Sea1c View Information
Runyan, Joseph B., SK3c Information not available
Sanford, George E., Matt2c "
Schultz, Clarence E., Y2c "
Schuster, John Charles Jr., GM3c "
Simcox, John D., Sea1c "
Smithies, Donald Abram, SK3c View Information
Spencer, William Lee, Matt1c Information not available
Stewart, William P., Sea2c "
Sweeney, Francis J., F1c "
Tholen, Edward H., Sea1c "
Tortorici, Acursio (Gus), Sea1c "
Tredeau, Alphonse (passenger) "
Umali, Donato, OS1c "
Ward, William J., Y2c "
Webb, Rupert C., SK3c "
White, William A., WT2c "
Wiltrout, Glen E., BM2c View Information
Yackee (or Wackee), Raymond Francis, CM2c Information not available
Zoller, Russell C., Y3c "

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