On Eternal Patrol - USS Robalo (SS-273)

USS Robalo (SS-273)

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	Yes
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	Yes
11	Edward Omer Clark	Needed
12	Marvin D. R. Clifford	Needed
13	Herman Marx Cooperman	Needed
14	Stanley Norwood Cotterman	Yes
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	Yes
26	Herman John Gerdes, Jr.	Yes
27	Elliott Gleaton, Jr.	Needed
28	Kimball Elwood Graham	Needed
29	Howard Leon Hamilton, Jr.	Yes
30	James Francis Hart, Jr.	Needed
31	Harley Truman Hood	Yes
32	Jack Akers Hurst	Yes
33	Holly Berry Ivey	Yes
34	Nyle Milton Jackson	Needed
35	William Edward Jambor	Needed
36	Emil Herman Johnson	Yes
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	Yes
45	Denzel Walter Lovell	Needed
46	Joseph Arnold Lutman	Yes
47	Ray Eugene Martin	Yes
48	Wallace Keet Martin*	Yes
49	Marvin Jerome Marx	Needed
50	William George Matthews	Yes
51	Hugh Ferguson McKnight, Jr.	Yes
52	Harvey Edward Nichols	Needed
53	John Richard Niclas	Needed
54	John Joseph O'Brien	Yes
55	Edward Peter O'Rourke	Yes
56	Edward Joseph Paw	Needed
57	Billy Brite Phelps	Yes
58	Mason Collie Poston*	Yes
59	John Frederick Priddis	Needed
60	Reginald John Proseus	Yes
61	Harold Leon Ramsier	Needed
62	Charles Alfred Root	Yes
63	Stanley Joel Russell	Needed
64	Stephen William Smith	Needed
65	Walter Frank Sonemann	Needed
66	Russell William Speener	Yes
67	Samuel Elliot Spencer	Yes
68	Herschel Paul Taylor	Needed
69	Samuel Lombard Tucker*	Yes
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	Yes
76	Davie Lee Williams	Needed
77	Frederick Joseph Wilson	Yes
78	Roland Oliver Winnan	Needed
79	Sigmund Julius Wlodarczyk	Yes
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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