| Last | First, Middle Initital | Rank | Condition |
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Abair, Jr. |
Russell |
S1C |
MIA |
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Abramson |
Albert L. |
S2C |
MIA |
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Aguada |
Andres |
CSK |
WIA |
|
Albert |
Van J. |
S2C |
|
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Alexander |
William C. |
S2C |
|
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Anderton |
Wilbur E. |
RDM3C |
MIA |
|
Bard |
Francis P. |
WT3C |
KIA |
|
Barrett |
Harold |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Bartlett |
Ray E. |
F1C |
MIA |
|
Bates |
Fred W. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Bingaman |
Richard A. |
F1C |
KIA |
|
Bishop |
Jackson D. |
EM2C |
WIA |
|
Blaszczyk |
Anthony J. |
CY |
|
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Blue |
Sam |
S1C |
|
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Brady |
Norbert F. |
MM3C |
MIA |
|
Brander |
George N. |
S1C |
|
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Branham |
William |
S2C |
|
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Braun |
Lloyd G. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Bray |
George E. |
S2C |
|
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Brennan |
Robert R. |
RM3C |
|
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Brodsky |
Maurice |
S2C |
|
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Burton |
William S. |
LT |
|
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Butler |
Vernon R. |
ST3C |
MIA |
|
Butterworth |
William F. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Cadarette, Jr. |
J. W. |
BM2C |
KIA |
|
Cantrell |
Frank |
CQM |
WIA |
|
Carbon |
George B. |
S1C |
|
|
Carr |
Paul Henry |
GM3C |
KIA |
|
Catt |
Frederick E. |
GM2C |
|
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Cayo |
Howard R. |
SOM2C |
|
|
Chalkley |
John W. |
F1C |
|
|
Chambless |
Orban “Ray” |
SM1C |
WIA |
|
Cole |
Cecil E. |
F1C |
|
|
Comet |
James F. “Bud” |
S1C |
|
|
John L. |
COX |
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Cooley |
Peter |
SOM2/C |
|
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LT CDR |
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Coyle |
Oliver E. |
S1C |
WIA |
|
Y2C |
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Cummings |
Robert P. |
MM3/C |
MIA |
|
Davis |
John K. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
DeBellis |
John H. |
F1C |
KIA |
|
Decubellis |
Ralph |
S1C |
MIA |
|
Dent |
Melvin H. |
S1C |
|
|
Doherty |
William J. |
SC3C |
WIA |
|
Doull |
Clifton E. |
QM3C |
WIA |
|
Downs |
Elroy |
S1C |
MIA |
|
Driskill |
Edward W. |
S2C |
WIA |
|
Dyke |
Ralph E. |
TM3C |
|
|
Emanuel |
Herbert |
S1C |
|
|
Eskins |
Herbert E. |
S1C |
|
|
Farmer |
Clem J. |
S2C |
WIA |
|
Felt |
Harold Whitney |
SOM3C |
|
|
Ferris |
Lin S. |
BKR2/C |
|
|
Robert W. |
S2C |
KIA |
|
|
Fields |
Clifford C. |
S1C |
|
|
First |
Cecil |
STM1C |
MIA |
|
Freye |
Albert H. |
MM3C |
MIA |
|
Gallerini |
Leonard |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Gentry |
Elbert |
QM3C |
|
|
Goggins |
J. C. |
COX |
MIA |
|
Goheen, Jr. |
Chalmer J. |
MM2C |
|
|
Goldstein |
Leonard S. |
S2C |
KIA |
|
Gonyea |
Martin C. |
PHM3C |
MIA |
|
Goodrich |
Vincent N. |
SOM3C |
|
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Gould |
Louis A. |
SOM3C |
|
|
Graves |
James S. |
S1C |
|
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Gray |
John R. |
EM2C |
MIA |
|
Green |
Joseph F. |
SK2C |
MIA |
|
Gregory |
James A. |
S1C |
KIA |
|
Griggs |
James W. |
SOM3C |
|
|
Groller |
John J. |
GM3C |
MIA |
|
Grove |
Frederick A. |
CWT |
MIA |
|
Gurnett |
Lloyd A. |
LT JG |
|
|
Haag |
Justin C. |
MM3C |
MIA |
|
Hallman |
Curtis A. |
S2C |
|
|
Harden |
Robert W. |
S2C |
WIA |
|
Harrington |
John E. |
BM1C |
|
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Harris |
Woodrow W. |
S1C |
MIA |
|
Hausman |
Donald N. |
GM3C |
MIA |
|
Hawkins |
Hubert R. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Heales |
Howard A. |
S2C |
|
|
Helmich |
Erwin C. |
SC1C |
WIA |
|
Hensley |
Clifton G. |
S2C |
WIA |
|
Herrera |
Adolph Z. |
S1C |
|
|
Hill |
Julian L. |
F1C# |
|
|
Hinken |
Harvey L.***** |
F1C |
|
|
Hodges |
Troy T. |
F1C |
MIA |
|
Hoffman |
Edward J. |
MM3C |
|
|
Hogan |
Edmund F. |
SC2C |
WIA |
|
Hood |
Enoch |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Huffman |
Ernest G. |
S1C |
WIA |
|
Hunt |
Joseph T. |
S1C |
|
|
Interrante |
Salvatore J. |
F1C |
WIA |
|
Jakubosky |
Felix F. |
RDM2C |
|
|
Jester |
Marion G. |
S2C |
|
|
Katsur |
William |
F1C |
|
|
Kedney |
Elmer L. |
F1C |
|
|
Keefe |
John F. |
S1C |
|
|
Kensler |
Jacob D. |
F1C |
MIA |
|
Khourey |
Joseph |
SF2C |
|
|
Kilburn |
Fred |
S1C |
MIA |
|
Killough |
Archie W. |
S1C |
|
|
King |
Oscar M. |
PHM1C |
|
|
Knisley |
Charles E. |
S1C |
KIA |
|
Krebs |
William R. |
GM3C |
WIA |
|
Kromer |
Oscar C. |
WT3C |
|
|
Kudelchuk |
John W. |
F1C |
|
|
Chester P. |
F1C |
MIA |
|
|
Kyger |
Lewis C. |
F2C |
MIA |
|
Labbe |
Wilfred J. |
WT3C |
WIA |
|
Landry |
Edward P. |
F1C |
WIA |
|
Lecci, |
Joseph |
F1C |
KIA |
|
LeClercq III |
John S. |
LT JG |
MIA |
|
Lenoir |
Aldred C. |
F2C |
WIA |
|
Levitan |
Herman |
F1C |
MIA |
|
Lieder |
Ernest W. |
RM3C |
|
|
Lillard, Jr. |
Neal |
STM2C |
WIA |
|
Lloyd |
Jennings L. |
S1C |
|
|
Lobus |
William P. |
F2C |
WIA |
|
Locke, Jr. |
John |
S1C |
MIA |
|
Longo |
Louis V. |
F1C |
MIA |
|
Lowder |
Jake D. |
S2C |
|
|
Lynn |
Roy W. |
S1C |
WIA |
|
Macko |
John |
F1C |
|
|
Macon |
Shirley R. |
CGM |
MIA |
|
Martel |
Lawrence W. |
F1C |
|
|
Masters |
Royce V. |
SK1C |
|
|
Maher |
Edward M. |
RM3C |
KIA |
|
Mazura |
Thomas J. |
SM3/C |
MIA |
|
McAdams |
Shafter C. |
RDM3C |
|
|
McCarl |
Harold R. |
RDM3C |
|
|
McCaskill |
Jackson R. |
S2C |
WIA |
|
Merritt |
George W. |
FC3C |
MIA |
|
Metzger |
Ray L. |
MM3C |
WIA |
|
Meyer |
Herman E. |
F1C |
KIA |
|
Miller |
Mike |
GM2C |
MIA |
|
Moore |
Jack K. |
ENS |
|
|
Moran |
John J. |
MM1C |
MIA |
|
Moriarity |
Patrick J. |
F1C |
|
|
Mort |
William C. |
WT3C |
MIA |
|
Moses |
Wayne V. |
S1C |
|
|
Moylan |
John Dudley |
ENS |
|
|
Mudre |
Steve |
S1C |
KIA |
|
Myers |
James E. |
S2C |
WIA |
|
Nabors |
Joseph D. |
S1C |
|
|
Natter |
Charles W. |
SM3C |
MIA |
|
Neidich |
Martin |
S2C |
|
|
Newmiller |
John J. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Nichols |
Richard G. |
FC3C |
|
|
O’Connor, Jr. |
Dudley B. |
WT2C |
KIA |
|
O’Hara |
Thomas V. |
S1C |
|
|
Oliver |
Clarence E. |
MM3C |
KIA |
|
Olson |
Robert E. |
B1C |
WIA |
|
Ooten, Jr. |
Walter S. |
Y3C |
|
|
Orlowski |
Joseph |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Osborne |
Jerry G. |
WT1C |
KIA |
|
Paone |
John J. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Patterson |
James E. |
WT3C |
WIA |
|
Pierson |
Hilon R. |
CMM |
MIA |
|
Pryor |
Alvin R. |
MM3C |
|
|
Randall |
Sherwood L. |
S2C |
|
|
Raymur |
Charles P. |
RM2C |
|
|
Reid |
James M. |
S2C |
|
|
Riebenbauer |
Leopold P. |
ENS |
MIA |
|
Roberson |
James M. |
S1C |
|
|
Roberts |
John G. |
S1C |
|
|
Roberts, Jr. |
Everett E. |
LT |
|
|
Roberts, Sr. |
Francis L. |
F1C |
WIA |
|
Robinson |
Alden F. |
S1C |
|
|
Robinson |
Frank W. |
RDM3C |
WIA |
|
Richard K. |
RM3C |
WIA |
|
|
Rosner |
Albert |
S1C |
|
|
Ross |
Charles A. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Rozzelle |
John T. |
S1C |
MIA |
|
Sacotte |
Clifford A. |
TM2C |
WIA |
|
Sassard |
Robert F. |
S2C |
|
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Saunders |
Kenneth W. |
QM3C |
|
|
Saylor, Jr. |
Arthur E. |
F1C |
KIA |
|
Schafer |
Darl H. |
CM2C |
MIA |
|
Schaffer |
George F. |
COX |
|
|
Scott |
Harold K. |
S1C |
MIA |
|
Serafini |
Tullio J. |
CRM |
KIA |
|
Shaffer |
Russell W. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Shepherd |
Elisha |
S2C |
|
|
Skau |
Rudolph H. |
CTM |
|
|
Smith |
Charles E. |
CMM |
KIA |
|
Sokol |
William |
MM2C |
|
|
Spears |
Melvin |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Stansberry |
Gilbert J. |
S2C |
KIA |
|
Staubach |
Charles |
CEM |
KIA |
|
Stevenson, Jr. |
Thomas J. |
LT JG |
|
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Stewart |
Earle E. |
RDM3C |
|
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Stovall |
William |
S2C |
KIA |
|
Strehle |
Fred A. |
SC1C |
MIA |
|
Sullivan |
John J. |
EM3C |
MIA |
|
Kenneth J. |
S2C |
WIA |
|
|
Tase |
Doyle E. |
S1C |
WIA |
|
Taylor |
Robert |
S2C |
WIA |
|
Thurmond |
Willard A. |
S1C |
KIA |
|
Tomlinson |
Everett L. |
S2C |
WIA |
|
Trowbridge |
Herbert W. |
LT |
MIA |
|
Tuck |
Grover |
S1C |
WIA |
|
Ulickas |
George P. |
MM2C |
MIA |
|
Wagner |
Eugene |
F1C |
KIA |
|
Wallace |
Percy K. |
S1C |
MIA |
|
Wallace |
Cullen |
CBM |
|
|
Wallace |
Gene W. |
CY |
WIA |
|
Walsh |
Robert L. |
FC3C |
|
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Washington |
Freddie L. |
STM1C |
|
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Weaver |
James K. |
EM2C |
MIA |
|
Weiners |
Harold G. |
GM3C |
WIA |
|
West |
Luther A. |
ENS |
|
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Wetherald |
Thomas R. |
MM1C |
KIA |
|
Wethington |
Cloy W. |
MM2C |
MIA |
|
Wheaton |
Edward E. |
RT2C |
WIA |
|
Wilson |
Charles J. |
S2C |
MIA |
|
Wilson |
William H. |
S1C |
|
|
Young |
Donald F. |
S2C |
|
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Youngblood |
Raymond J. |
RDM3C |
|
|
Yusen |
Jack |
S2C |
|
|
Zaborski*** |
Chester F. |
S2C |
|
|
Zaleski |
Frank M. |
S2C |
KIA |
|
Zunac**** |
John R. |
F1C |
MIA |
| Those sailors listed as MIA (missing in action) are presumed to have been killed in action during the Battle off Samar. Their presumed deaths were not witnessed by those who survived. | |||
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*** Chester F. Zaborski is listed in Capt. Copeland’s book, and his name is on the bronze plaque aboard the FFG 58. His name does not appear on Whit Felt’s list of 5/1/82. ****Capt. Copeland writes in “The Spirit of Sammy-B” that Zunac was sent home for family problems. Ch.3, p.21. *****Corrected middle initial, by family, August 2001. |
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USS Samuel B. Roberts (DE 413) Survivors Association
No Higher Honor
How come “Sammy”, the ships mascot, is not given an honorable mention?
Happy Holidays to all you veterans , My name is Anthony Wieners. I just recently found out that my biological Father Harold Wieners passed away 2-4 years ago. He was a sailor aboard the USS Samuel B Roberts and wounded in action.
I currently work at the veterans administration Castle Point Hospital (EMS) dept. I would like to know if there are any of his buddies still alive that can probably give me some information on what kind of man my dad was , ok I know he was a sailor so I wont be shocked, I am also a veteran USARMY .lol
I would also like (2) extremely large photos of the USS Samuel B Roberts, So that I can have one for my self and also one for my brother Mark Mcgrath who was also Harolds son , there are other children in his family that we are trying to contact.
These photos of the boat are the only things we can get our hands on if possible to remember our father and all the veterans that served and gave there life so that we can enjoy the freedoms we have today. I would like to give the photo to my brother for Christmas , If anyone reading this can help me, I can be reached at the va hospital email (amthony.wieners@va.gov.
I have read the last of the tin can sailors. Bothe of my sons have served in the Navy. One is still in and will be for duration of at least 20 years. I Have been and I still am proud and believe that this is one of the greatest moments of the U.S. Navy. I have seen specials and read the history of this event and believe that it may of not changed the outcome of the war in the pacific it represented the ultimate in what our Navy stands for and what our country stands for. I stand in awe of what those who did not come back did and to those that did thank you. I just wish my Sons could meet with true American Hero’s.
my father seaman second class clifton g hensley wounded in action when the samuel b roberts was sunk during the battle of leyte gulf. he like his four brothers all served in combat during ww11. one navy 3 army. two purple hearts. i was 15 when the war ended and expected to hear many stories of thier war experiences. at our family gatherings which were very large. they never discussed their stories. guess this is typical of this generation.. . .