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 ( Photo courtesy of Texaco Archives )
" Special Thanks go to " TWO " Remarkable Websites " :

" usmm.org "
~ AND ~

" uboat.net "
Please visit these great websites for more by clicking above ! |
" Note "
The S.S. Oklahoma was attacked "twice" during World War II.
Both attacks resulted in the loss of some of her crew.
This page displays those lost in the " First Attack " on April 8, 1942 !
Page last updated:
September 12, 2019
Sinking on April 8, 1942
the " S.S. Oklahoma " loss " 19 " of her crew !
The S.S. Oklahoma was built in 1940 by the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania. The Oklahoma weighed 9,298 tons and was owned by the The Texas Company, Wilmington, Delaware. She was attacked "twice" during World War II. The Oklahoma was first attacked in very shallow waters by German U-123 about 10 miles off St. Simon's Island, Georgia on April 8, 1942 with a loss of 19 of her crew. She was towed back to Chester, Pennsylvania and restored to service.
The unescorted and unarmed S.S. Oklahoma was hit by one G7a torpedo from German Submarine U-123 about 10 miles off St. Simon's Island, Georgia. The U-boat had spotted two tankers and one freighter in the bright moonlight. The torpedo struck the engine room and she quickly settled by the stern in 40 feet of water and the stern rested on the bottom after 45 minutes with the bow still visible over the water. Most of the eight officers and 29 men abandoned ship in three lifeboats, but the master and three men reboarded the vessel when they heard screams. They found one of the officers critically wounded, who subsequently died, and they could not reach some of the 18 missing men apparently trapped below. The radio operator sent another distress message and then abandoned ship again.
As fate would have it the same U-boat then torpedoed the S.S. Esso Baton Rouge at 08.44 hours which caught fire and sank in shallow waters with a loss of 3 Merchant Mariners. The U-boat then returned to finish off the Oklahoma with gunfire.
The Master/Captain of the S.S. Oklahoma who survived this sinking:
Theron P. Davenport
The following below list was created in the memory of those who "Gave Their All" on the S.S. Oklahoma in the second attack. There are personal "online memorials" for each of these honored men that were created for them by using the "Find A Grave" website. You will see a blue " Yes " behind their names and by clicking on the " Yes " you will see a personal memorial that has been created for them by myself or someone else.
Key to Abbreviations and Notes
PH = Awarded the "Purple Heart" ~ ( Awarded to U.S. Army and Navy personel for being wounded and or killed in action )
MM = Awarded the " Mariner's Medal " ~ ( Awarded to the Merchant Marines for being wounded, Missing or Killed In Action )
MM * = Awarded the " Combat Bar " ~ ( Awarded to those who are under combat conditions )
MM ** = Awarded the " Combat Star " ~ ( Awarded to those who are forced to abandon ship when attacked or damaged )
Other Medals = Such as Good Conduct Medals, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medals, American Defense Service Medals, etc. " Are Not " included in this listing.
= Picture of person shown on online memorial
= Picture of tombstone shown on online memorial
Cenotaph = A memorial stone only ~ " OR " ~ Remains not recovered ~ " OR " ~ Interred somewhere unknown.
( www.usmm.org/medals.html )
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( Those letters shown in " Maroon " currently have no one listed )
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Last Names starting with " A " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Baker, Herman V.
MM ** ~ At Sea ~ N/A |
Able-Bodied Seaman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Texas Lost At Sea April 8, 1942 |
Cemetery / Memorial " Not Found " |
" Yes " Cenotaph |
Boyd, Joseph Francis
MM ** ~ At Sea ~ N/A |
Ordinary Seaman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Texas Lost At Sea April 8, 1942 |
Cemetery / Memorial " Not Found " |
" Yes " Cenotaph |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Carmona, Alfredo
MM ** ~ At Sea ~  |
Wiper | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Puerto Rico Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Palmetto Cemetery Brunswick, GA |
" Yes " |
Chorman, Mattias J.
MM ** ~ At Sea ~ N/A |
Messman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
New York Lost At Sea April 8, 1942 |
Cemetery / Memorial " Not Found " |
" Yes " Cenotaph |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Dooley, Richard Addis
MM ** ~ At Sea ~
" Family Link Included " |
Utility Man | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Colorado Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Evergreen Cemetery Colorado Springs, CO |
" Yes " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Edgar, Arlice Darrell
MM ** ~ At Sea ~  |
Ordinary Seaman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Texas Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Harpers Chapel Cemetery Sabinetown, TX |
" Yes " |
Last Names starting with " F " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Geary, Joseph W.
MM ** ~ At Sea ~  |
Second Cook | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Puerto Rico Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Palmetto Cemetery Brunswick, GA |
" Yes " |
Genter, Arthur James
MM ** ~ At Sea ~
" Family Link Included " |
Oiler | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Louisiana Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Palmetto Cemetery Brunswick, GA |
" Yes " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Hance, Lastie
MM ** ~ At Sea ~
" Family Link Included " |
Fireman / Water Tender | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Louisiana Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Durio Cemetery Allen Parish, LA |
" Yes " |
Howell, William Lawrence
MM ** ~ At Sea ~
" Family Link Included " |
Second Engineer | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Texas Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Greenlawn Memorial Park Groves, TX |
" Yes " |
Last Names starting with " I " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Names starting with " J " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Kroy, Frank Joseph
MM ** ~ At Sea ~
" Family Link Included " |
Able-Bodied Seaman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Texas Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Greenlawn Memorial Park Groves, TX |
" Yes " |
Last Names starting with " L " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Majba, Stanley J.
MM ** ~ At Sea ~
" Family Link Included " |
Fireman / Water Tender | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Pennsylvania Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
St. James Cemetery Crossingville, PA |
" Yes " |
McGregor, Robert Malcolm
MM ** ~ At Sea ~ N/A |
Wiper | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
New Jersey Lost At Sea April 8, 1942 |
Cemetery / Memorial " Not Found " |
" Yes " Cenotaph |
Mott, James Edward
MM ** ~ At Sea ~  |
Fireman / Water Tender | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Louisiana Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Glenmora Cemetery Glenmora, LA |
" Yes " |
Last Names starting with " N " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Names starting with " O " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Price, John
MM ** ~ At Sea ~  |
Oiler | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Georgia Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery Savannah, GA |
" Yes " |
Last Names starting with " Q " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Riley, James
MM ** ~ At Sea ~ N/A |
Messman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
New York Lost At Sea April 8, 1942 |
Cemetery / Memorial " Not Found " |
" Yes " Cenotaph |
Rivette, Charles
MM ** ~ At Sea ~
" Family Link Included " |
Ordinary Seaman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Texas Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Palmetto Cemetery Brunswick, GA |
" Yes " |
Ryder, Osswald
MM ** ~ At Sea ~  |
Messman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Louisiana Killed In Action April 8, 1942 |
Palmetto Cemetery Brunswick, GA |
" Yes " |
Last Name, First Name, M.I.
Awards ~ Place Of Passing ~Photos |
Military Rank
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Branch of Service |
State / Country Cause of Death Date Of Passing |
Cemetery / Memorial |
For Online Memorial Click on " Yes " |
Sistrunk, Charles Patrick
MM ** ~ At Sea ~ N/A |
Ordinary Seaman | " Ship's Crew " Merchant Marine |
Louisiana Lost At Sea April 8, 1942 |
Cemetery / Memorial " Not Found " |
" Yes " Cenotaph |
Last Names starting with " T " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Names starting with " U " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Names starting with " V " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Names starting with " W " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Names starting with " X " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Names starting with " Y " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Last Names starting with " Z " ~ " There Were None ! " |
Email any questions or comments to:
Russ Pickett
( russpickde@comcast.net )