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The following men were lost while serving on USS Robalo (SS-273).
Four men survived her sinking, but died in captivity.
Men who are linked to a personal page on this site are in
blue text.
Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in
the column at right.
| |
Name |
Photo |
| 1 |
James William Ackley |
Needed |
| 2 |
John Billy Bailey |
Needed |
| 3 |
Robert William Bell |
Needed |
| 4 |
Jerome Peter Boehles |
Needed |
| 5 |
Charles Edward Breeden |
Needed |
| 6 |
Walter Allen Brereton |
Needed |
| 7 |
Gilbert Brokman |
Needed |
| 8 |
Columbus L. Cagle, Jr. |
Needed |
| 9 |
Hubert Earl
Carter |
Yes |
| 10 |
Stephen John "Chico" Changary |
Needed |
| 11 |
Edward Omer Clark |
Needed |
| 12 |
Marvin D. R. Clifford |
Needed |
| 13 |
Herman Marx Cooperman |
Needed |
| 14 |
Stanley N. Cotterman |
Needed |
| 15 |
Donald Clifford Cress |
Needed |
| 16 |
Darrell Ellroy Dickerson |
Needed |
| 17 |
Calvin Lee Dittman |
Needed |
| 18 |
Wallace Lamont Downey |
Needed |
| 19 |
James Louis Dvoracek, Jr. |
Needed |
| 20 |
Lyle Franklin Ervin |
Needed |
| 21 |
Charles Woodford Fell |
Yes |
| 22 |
Dean Elwood Fink |
Needed |
| 23 |
Arthur James Flanagan |
Yes |
| 24 |
George Melvin Fondon |
Needed |
| 25 |
John Joseph Fricker |
Needed |
| 26 |
Herman John Gerdes, Jr. |
Yes |
| 27 |
Elliott Gleaton, Jr. |
Needed |
| 28 |
Kimball Elwood Graham |
Needed |
| 29 |
Howard Leon Hamilton, Jr. |
Needed |
| 30 |
James Francis Hart, Jr. |
Needed |
| 31 |
Harley Truman Hood |
Yes |
| 32 |
Jack Akers Hurst |
Yes |
| 33 |
Holly Berry Ivey |
Needed |
| 34 |
Nyle Milton Jackson |
Needed |
| 35 |
William Edward Jambor |
Needed |
| 36 |
Emil Herman Johnson |
Needed |
| 37 |
Nathan Young Johnson |
Needed |
| 38 |
William George Kesterson |
Needed |
| 39 |
Manning Marius
Kimmel |
Yes |
| 40 |
Arthur Carl Konen |
Needed |
| 41 |
Floyd George Laughlin* |
Needed |
| 42 |
Richard Jeremiah Leahey |
Needed |
| 43 |
John Warren LeFebvre |
Yes |
| 44 |
Donald Judell Levy |
Needed |
| 45 |
Denzel Walter Lovell |
Needed |
| 46 |
Joseph Arnold Lutman |
Needed |
| 47 |
Ray Eugene Martin |
Needed |
| 48 |
Wallace Keet Martin* |
Needed |
| 49 |
Marvin Jerome Marx |
Needed |
| 50 |
William George Matthews |
Yes |
| 51 |
Hugh Ferguson McKnight, Jr. |
Needed |
| 52 |
Harvey Edward Nichols |
Needed |
| 53 |
John Richard Niclas |
Needed |
| 54 |
John Joseph O'Brien |
Needed |
| 55 |
Edward Peter O'Rourke |
Needed |
| 56 |
Edward Joseph Paw |
Needed |
| 57 |
Billy Brite Phelps |
Needed |
| 58 |
Mason Collie Poston* |
Needed |
| 59 |
John Frederick Priddis |
Needed |
| 60 |
Reginald John
Proseus |
Yes |
| 61 |
Harold Leon Ramsier |
Needed |
| 62 |
Charles Alfred Root |
Needed |
| 63 |
Stanley Joel Russell |
Needed |
| 64 |
Stephen William Smith |
Needed |
| 65 |
Walter Frank Sonemann |
Needed |
| 66 |
Russell William Speener |
Yes |
| 67 |
Samuel Elliot Spencer |
Needed |
| 68 |
Herschel Paul Taylor |
Needed |
| 69 |
Samuel Lombard Tucker* |
Needed |
| 70 |
Harold Elmer Usealman |
Needed |
| 71 |
Joseph Reinard VanDeurzen |
Needed |
| 72 |
Elmer Grayson
Varney |
Yes |
| 73 |
Ciro Robert Virga |
Needed |
| 74 |
Frederick Paul Vogel |
Yes |
| 75 |
Dale Francis Wilkerson |
Needed |
| 76 |
Davie Lee Williams |
Needed |
| 77 |
Frederick Joseph Wilson |
Needed |
| 78 |
Roland Oliver Winnan |
Needed |
| 79 |
Sigmund Julius Wlodarczyk |
Needed |
| 80 |
Claude Eugene Wood, Jr. |
Needed |
| 81 |
Calvin Kenneth Zea |
Needed |
*Survived sinking, but died in captivity.
How to Submit Photos and
Information
The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II
assigned
USS Robalo (SS-273)
to
the State of North Dakota.

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