USS Brooks DD-232 / APD-10
Roll of Honor

In memory of those who lost their lives in
USS Brooks APD-10
"As long as we embrace them in our memory, their spirit will always be with us"

Date
Name
Rating
Notes
Dec. 26, 1943
Aucoin, Lee E.
Seaman 1st Class (USNR)
(a)
June 14, 1944 Pre-Invasion reconnaissance mission of Yellow Beach, Saipan.
(Landing boat hit by Japanese mortar shell.)
Parsons, Edward J.
Seaman 1st Class (USNR)
*
Weidner, Albert G.
Shipfitter 2nd Class (USNR)
UDT-7
*
 Died of wounds in USS Indianapolis CA-35.
Both men buried at sea from USS Indianapolis CA-35 at 1400 hrs.
       
Jan. 6, 1945
Kamikaze attack in Lingayen Gulf, Philippines.
Brady, Jr., William E.
Motor Machinist's Mate 2nd Class (USNR)
Cox, Dock E.
Seaman 2nd Class (USNR)
Schmitt, Russell W.
Machinist's Mate 2nd Class
Jan. 7, 1945
Lost in USS Hovey DMS-11 when sunk in Japanese torpedo aircraft attack.
(Wounded in Kamikaze attack Jan. 6 and transferred to Hovey by HMAS Warramunga.)
Aiken, Gordon K.
Seaman 2nd Class (USNR)
Davis, Vernon A.
Fireman 2nd Class (USNR)
Holdridge, Laurel D.
Chief Radioman (USNR)
Kristiansen, Jr., John A.
Watertender 2nd Class
Sebastian, Donald E.
Seaman 1st Class (USNR)
(a):
On temporary duty in USS LST-66, killed by Japanese aircraft attack (bomb fragments
from near miss) at Borgen Bay, New Britain.
Awarded Silver Star (posthumously).
UDT-7=
Underwater Demolition Team 7.


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