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Launched on Apr. 22, 1943 and commissioned on July 1, 1943 USS Fechteler DE-157 after completing her shakedown cruise went into the North Atlantic to escort convoys across U-boat infested waters. While sailing as an escort for convoy GUS-38 on May 5, 1944 Fechteler was hit by a torpedo fired by U-967, the ship broke in half and sank thirty minutes later taking twenty-nine men with her, the survivors were picked up by USS Laning DE-159 and other nearby ships. |
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In memory of those who lost their lives in USS Fechteler DE-157 May 5, 1944 "As long as we embrace them in our memory, their spirit will always be with us" |
Name |
Rate |
Service |
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Aloi, Joseph C. |
Electrician's Mate 3rd Class |
USNR |
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Bazidlo, Chester J. |
Seaman 1st Class |
USNR |
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Blandy, Romaine O. |
Ensign |
USNR |
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Brymer, Floyd A. |
Fireman 1st Class |
USN |
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Carlson, Leroy S. |
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class |
USNR |
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Cisewski, Myron B. |
Watertender 2nd Class |
USNR |
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Clark, Harry E. |
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class |
USNR |
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Contravo, Louis J. |
Fireman 1st Class |
USNR |
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Craig, James W. |
Machinist's Mate 1st Class |
USNR |
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Daniels, Richard H. |
Electrician's Mate 3rd Class |
USNR |
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Davies, George E. |
Machinist's Mate 3rd Class |
USN |
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Day, Clyde R. |
Machinist's Mate 3rd Class |
USNR |
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DeCraemer, Raymond C. |
Fireman 1st Class |
USNR |
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Dedrick, Howard L. |
Yeoman 2nd Class |
USNR |
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Elliott, Henry A. |
Fireman 1st Class |
USNR |
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Jacoby, Charles R. |
Chief Machinist's Mate |
USNR |
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Locke, Byron K. |
Radioman 3rd Class |
USNR |
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Loyd, Thomas H. |
Watertender 1st Class |
USNR |
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Overly, Roland L. |
Electrician's Mate 3rd Class |
USNR |
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Redman, Henry O. |
Fireman 2nd Class |
USN |
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Rosenberg, Lawrence I. |
Electrician's Mate 2nd Class |
USNR |
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Scariano, John |
Machinist's Mate 1st Class |
USNR |
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Smith, William R. |
Machinist's Mate 1st Class |
USNR |
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Tidwell, James J. |
Seaman 1st Class |
USN |
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Weatherly, Calvin D. |
Watertender 3rd Class |
USNR |
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Weimer, Robert S. |
Fire Controlman 2nd Class |
USNR |
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Wells, Roland G. |
Seaman 2nd Class |
USNR |
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Wilkins, Charles R. |
Seaman 2nd Class |
USNR |
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Wimmer, Norbert F. |
Seaman 2nd Class |
USNR |
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June 26, 1944: Front page of the Moberly Monitor-Index, Moberly, Missouri announcing the loss of USS Fechteler DD-157. |
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Story announcing the loss of Fechteler. |
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