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USS Dorado (SS-248)

The following men were lost while serving on USS Dorado (SS-248).  Note that some sources fail to list Thomas Allen Williams, who was lost with his shipmates when Dorado was sunk in October, 1943.

Please note that the award of the Purple Heart for the men lost on this boat is not listed in most sources.  However, we have documentary proof that at least two Dorado men, Richard Holbrook Becker and Vernon Eugene Gardner, were awarded the medal for the sacrifice of their lives on this vessel. 

We are looking into ways to have all men lost on Dorado recognized with the award of the Purple Heart.  Please contact us if you would like to assist in this effort.

Please see the recently released YouTube documentary, Details Plain Language: The Mystery and Loss of Submarine USS Dorado, for further explination of the probable cause of the loss of the boat.

Click on a man's name to go to his personal memorial page on this site.  Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in the column at right.

For a brief history of the boat, please see The Loss of USS Dorado.

 
  Name Photo
1

Louis James Abruzzio

 Yes
2

Theodore Thomas Addy

 Yes
3

Virgil James Albright

 Yes
4

Thomas Alloway

 Yes
5

Paul Duval Aman

 Yes
6

Bruce Louie Anthony

 Yes
7

William LeRoy Austin

 Yes

8

August Frederick Ballman

 Yes
9

Richard Holbrook Becker*

 Yes

10

John Boyd

 Yes
11

Fred Lee Brubeck

 Yes
12

James Joseph Burnett

 Yes
13

David Lee Burrell

 Yes
14

Isaac Cabase

 Yes
15

Leonard Mayfield Chandler

 Yes
16

Laverne David Cilley

 Yes
17

John Coelho

 Yes

18

Thomas Cosaftes

 Yes
19

Dominick Mike Cristello

 Yes

20

Donald John Davenport

 Yes
21

Herbert Marshall Dix

 Yes
22

Edwin Herman Eberl

 Yes
23

Carl Elbert Fackrell

 Yes
24

Joseph Bennie Fisher

 Yes
25

Henry Clay Florea, Jr.

 Yes
26

John Weaver Fry

 Yes

27

Vernon Eugene Gardner*

 Yes
28

Arthur Albert Gendreau, Jr.

 Yes
29

Dudley Glass, Jr.

 Yes
30

Bert Bruce Greenlee

 Yes
31

Felix Ferdinando Guida

 Yes
32

Robert Edward Harlock

 Yes

33

Dewitt Harris

 Yes
34

Robert Louis Hauber

 Yes
35

Clarence Cornelius Hinton

 Yes
36

George Torborg Hollrock

 Yes
37

Allan Vincent Huffmon

 Yes
38

Robert Warren Irwin

 Yes
39

John Kapral

 Yes

40

Robert Leroy Klink

 Yes

41

Clarence Lister Lemper

 Yes
42

Guy William Liggett

 Yes
43

Lawrence Edward Lozaw

 Yes

44

Maurice Edward Lynch

 Yes

45

Joseph Blaze Marsh

 Yes

46

Charles William Mazari

 Yes

47

Harold Dennis McBroome

 Yes

48

Henry Eugene McCall

 Yes
49

Francis Maurice McGrath

 Yes

50

Elmer Wilhelm Nelson

 Yes

51

Richard Arthur Niles

 Yes

52

Francis Benjamin Norman

 Yes
53

Hyman Alvin Nowacki

 Yes
54

Paul Frederick O'Dell

 Yes

55

Charles Newton Ohrt, Jr.

 Yes

56

Albert Joseph Otto

 Yes

57

Joseph Leo Cyril Perrault

 Yes
58

Hurley Lavern Pope

 Yes

59

Ellsworth Clay Rhode

 Yes
60

Pellam Clayton Routon

 Yes

61

Lloyd Willerd Sanders

 Yes

62

Alfred August Schafer, Jr.

 Yes
63

Earle Caffrey Schneider

 Yes
64

Robert Kenneth Singscheimer

 Yes
65

Boyd Dee Smith

 Yes

66

Wilburn Ostean Speight

 Yes
67

Robert Sidney Talley

 Yes
68

Davis Spencer Thompson

 Yes

69

Oliver Prewitt Tipton

 Yes
70

Joseph Vernarsky

 Yes
71

George Andrew Wagner, Jr.

 Yes
72

Paul Bertrand White, Jr.

 Yes
73

Bernard Thomas Williams

 Yes
74

Thomas Allen Williams

 Yes
75 Lester Clayton Wilmott  Yes
76 Morris Henry Wilson  Yes
77 Alvin Lewis Windfeldt  Yes

*Award of the Purple Heart confirmed in individual personnel files in the National Archives.

Please also see this website on the boat:  USS Dorado (SS-248)

How to Submit Photos and Information

The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II assigned USS Dorado (SS-248)

to the State of Kansas.

Submarines Lost in World War II

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