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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 CLICK to Learn More	CAPT James A. Brown Wounded in Action CLICK to Learn More



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 Click to Learn More


Eldred Bloodworth Savo Survivor	MM2/c Dale Breneman Killed in Action CLICK to Learn More	Warren D. Cloninger CLICK to Learn More	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 CLICK to Learn More	S2/c Lloyd E. Frye CLICK to Learn More


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 Click to Learn More	John H. O'Neill Wounded in Action	PFC Maurice C. Owens USMC Detachment CLICK to Learn More


Stanley A. Pottratz Killed in Action	Clifford Quinting Savo Survivor	QM1/c Royal Radke Savo Survivor	PFC Samuel R. Schutt USMC Detachment CLICK to Learn More

William Smith Savo Survivor	James W. Sreboth	Elgin Leroy Staples Savo Survivor	RM2/c Thomas Storey Savo Survivor CLICK to Learn More


Howard S. Taylor Wounded in Action CLICK to Learn More	MM1/c Don Wachter Savo Survivor Click to Learn More	Clarence Williams Savo Survivor	Don Yeamans Savo Survivor CLICK to Learn More

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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