USS ASTORIA CA-34
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USS ASTORIA CA-34 Commanding Officers

Edmund S. Root
1934-1935

C.M. Austin
1935-1937

Charles C. Gill
1937-1938

Richmond K. Turner
1938-1940

       
 

Preston B. Haines
1940-1941

Francis W. Scanland
1941-1942

William G. Greenman
1942
Wounded in Action

 


       



USS ASTORIA CA-34 Officers

CAPT Gene L. Alair
Savo Survivor
xxx

LT James Boland
Savo Survivor
xxx

LT (j.g.) James Brandt
SOC Aviator
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CAPT James A. Brown
Wounded in Action
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CDR Conrad Carlson
Savo Survivor

CAPT James Topper
Savo Survivor

ENS Henry Whitehurst
Killed in Action

 

       
       

USS ASTORIA CA-34 Enlisted Men


Eddie Armes
Savo Survivor

Walter Bajor


MMC Martin Bender


Eldred "Bud" Biggs

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Eldred Bloodworth
Savo Survivor

MM2/c Dale Breneman
Killed in Action
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Warren D. Cloninger

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James F. Craven



 
     

Andrew J. Cribbin
Killed in Action

QM1/c Kenneth Cruse
Savo Survivor

S1/c Howard Davis
Savo Survivor

WT2/c Warren Duffy
Killed in Action

       

WT3/c Chester Dymon


Robert E. Fisher
Savo Survivor

S2/c Edward J. Frye
Wounded in Action
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S2/c Lloyd E. Frye

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CM2/c Vergil Gracey
Savo Survivor

FC2/c Clinton Grove


BTC Paul Hammock
Savo Survivor

GM3/c Peter D. Hardie
Died from Wounds


       

CT2/c Wayne Hetzler


Richard Hill
Savo Survivor


Belcher Hobson
Savo Survivor

Lawrence Jacobsen


       

Kenneth A. Johnson


August Jesser
Savo Survivor

EMC Harold M. Knight
Savo Survivor

S1/c Willis D. LaPaugh
MIA, Declared Dead

       
       

SFC Leggette Land
Savo Survivor

George J. Laury
Savo Survivor

John L. Madera
Savo Survivor

FC3/c Clem Miller
Savo Survivor

       

S2/c Roy N. Moon
MIA, Declared Dead

Edward F. Morearty
Killed in Action
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John H. O'Neill
Wounded in Action

PFC Maurice C. Owens
USMC Detachment
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Stanley A. Pottratz
Killed in Action

Clifford Quinting
Savo Survivor

QM1/c Royal Radke
Savo Survivor

PFC Samuel R. Schutt
USMC Detachment
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William Smith
Savo Survivor

James W. Sreboth


Elgin Leroy Staples
Savo Survivor

RM2/c Thomas Storey
Savo Survivor
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Howard S. Taylor
Wounded in Action
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MM1/c Don Wachter
Savo Survivor
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Clarence Williams
Savo Survivor

Don Yeamans
Savo Survivor
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Note: Final ratings are listed only where they are known.





Sources
American Battle Monuments Commission.http://www.abmc.gov/home.php

Department of Veterans Affairs Grave Locator.http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov

Jones, Brent. Private document and photo collection.

Jones, Pat (ed.) The USS ASTORIA (CA-34) and the Men Who Sailed Her. USS ASTORIA Reunion Association. Privately printed, 1992.

USS ASTORIA CA-34 Muster Rolls, 1942. U.S. Navy Documents in NARA Collection.

USS ASTORIA CA-34 Blue Book. Privately printed, 1972.

The United States Navy Memorial. http://www.navymemorial.org/


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