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USS Donnell (DE 56)

American destroyer escort

Photo from Bureau of Ships Collection in NARA #19-N-55732

This is a listing of people associated with this ship.
We also have a detailed page on the American destroyer escort USS Donnell (DE 56).

Aboard USS Donnell (DE 56) when hit on 3 May 1944

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		Name	Age	Rank	Served on
		Adams, Bill Miles, USNR		Water Tender Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Allen, Joseph Albert, USNR		Water Tender Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Altizer, Verlin Grant, USNR	18	Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Arata, Frederick John, USNR		Quartermaster Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Bailey, Enlal Glancie, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Beaumont, James Beckham, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Berkley, Orus Andrew, USNR		Water Tender Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Best, William Thomas, USNR		Storekeeper Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Binda, Albert John, USN		Carpenter’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Blum, Otto Rios, USNR		Ship’s Cook First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Bost, Charles James, USNR		Passenger (Radioman Third Class)	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Breeding, John Young, USN		Water Tender First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Brown, Alex, USNR		Cook Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Brown, James Edward, USN		Cook Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Brulenski, Edward Zigmund, USNR		Gunner’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Bryan, Robert Joseph, USNR		Fireman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Burdue, Eugene Debs, USNR		Electrician’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Burnett, Max Irving, USN		Chief Gunner’s Mate	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Cailler, Emilien Joseph, USNR		Fireman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Campbell, Paul Robert, USN		Electrician’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Cancellieri, Anthony P., USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Cohen, Harold, USN		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Colagrossi, Leonard Matthew, USNR		Boilermaker Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Colbert, Jodie Bewitty, USNR		Steward’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Coleman, Guy Ringold, USNR		Signalman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Combs, Enoch, USN		Soundman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Conner, Jake, USNR		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Conroy, Leo Marin, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Cooper, Harold F., USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Coppinger, John Edward, USNR		Shipfitter First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Corzine, William Earl, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Craft, Joe Mathew, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Cribbs, Sam B., USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Crisp, Bethel Chandler, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Culbertson, Gerald E., USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Danner, David William, USN		Torpedoman’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Davidson, Robert O'Ferrell, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Davis, Richard Barton, USNR		Machinist’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Deane, William Henry, USNR		Electrician’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Dellinger, Lloyd Arlin, USNR		Water Tender First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Dotson, Raymond Victor, USN		Chief Machinist’s Mate	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Earle, Owen Clarence, USNR		Electrician’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Echenrode, Joseph Richard, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Ellison, George Richard, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Emrich, Edward Andrew, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Ervin, Harold David, USNR		Gunner’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Evans, Thomas Johnston, USN		Gunner’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Fenton, James Joseph, USNR		Torpedoman’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Ferrario, Henry, USNR		Machinist’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Fiscus, Myrlen Dale, USNR		Torpedoman’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Fisher, Robert Earl, USN		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Fisher, Russell Timothy, USNR		Machinist’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Folino, Johnnie, USNR		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Forbes, Thomas William, USNR		Yeoman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Frye, Elwyn Vincent, USNR		Electrician’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Gallotto, Victor Thomas, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Gencope, Gerald Peter, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Giammarco, John Elio, USN		Gunner’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Goldberg, Herman, USNR		Chief Pharmacist’s Mate	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Guy, Edgar Lawrence, USNR		Torpedoman’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Guydos, John W., USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Hall, Thomas Dorsey, USNR		Radarman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Hanley, Robert Paul, USN		Boatswain’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Hanrahan, Robert Carl, USNR		Machinist’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Hardwick, Jason Arlie, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Harner, Robert Laverne, USNR		Radarman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Harris, Carl Burton, USNR		Electrician’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Haworth, James Kingsley, USNR		Torpedoman’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Hearns, Mike, USNR		Steward’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Heitzman, Robert James, USN		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Hendrix, Lando Harold, USN		Water Tender Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Henry, Leslie Floyd, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Highberg, Robert Leroy, USNR		Yeoman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Hill, Swen A., USNR		Lieutenant	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Housh, Irving Clinton, USN		Chief Commissary Steward	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Hughes, Albert Cicero, USNR		Chief Machinist’s Mate	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Hundley, John, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Hussey, George Henry, USN		Chief Water Tender	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Iasillo, Felix Anthony, USNR		Radarman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Jackson, Cortes David, USNR		Fire Controlman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Jacobs, Clyde, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Janacek, Otto George, USNR		Radio Technician First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Jeffries, Thelbert Kosloff, USNR		Steward’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Jenkins, Edward Earl, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Johnson, Kenneth Charles, USNR		Ship’s Cook Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Johnson, William Ray, USNR		Water Tender Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Johnston, Richard Hall, USNR		Machinist’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Jones, Charles Sidney, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Jones, Orlie G., USNR		Machinist’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Jordan, Pascal, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Kalal, Frank William, USNR		Electrician’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Kaplan, Morton Jerome, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Kashner, Alonzo Richard, USN		Machinist’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Kauppi, Robert Arthur, USN		Metalsmith First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Kelley, Maxie Lee, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Kemp, John C., USNR		Storekeeper Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Kennedy, Robert A., USNR		Ensign	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Kephart, Richard Daniel, USNR		Radioman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Knight, Warren, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Koemmpel, Alfred Bernhard, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Krupa, Raymond Michael, USNR		Soundman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Kyriacou, John, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		La Chance, Maurice, USNR		Ship’s Cook Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Lang, Clarence Edward, USNR		Fireman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Leonard, Raymond Albert, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Lesney, Stanley, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Levatino, Joseph, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Levy, Charles Frank, USNR		Machinist’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Lewis, Wilburn Garland, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Linneman, Johnathan Gerald, USNR		Radioman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Linton, Arthur Joseph, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Livoti, Frank Thomas, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Lorshbaugh, Maurice Andrew, USNR		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Lyons, William Edwin, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Martin, Jack Nathan, USN		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Martin, Leo J., USNR		Fireman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Mason, James Harold, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Matelak, Thomas Charles, USNR		Soundman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Matheson, Virgil Luther, USNR		Machinist’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Mathews, Russell Lowell, USNR		Gunner’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		McGuirt, Rufus Stanton, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		McKee, Edwin Gerald, USNR		Water Tender Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		McKiernan, William Patrick, USNR		Storekeeper First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		McKim, Charles Franklin, USN		Radioman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Meeks, Charles Henry, USNR		Radarman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Meeks, James Collins, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Mergler, Norman Earl, USN		Boatswain’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Middleton, Charles Preston, USNR		Fireman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Miessen, Kenneth Karl, USNR		Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Moore, William Harry, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Moran, Thomas Francis, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Morariu, John F., USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Morrow, Thomas Joseph, USN		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Morse, John Greenough, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Mortensen, William Hans, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Moskal, Edward Ignatz, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Muckin, Edward Andrew, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Muise, Joseph Eugene, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Murphy, Charles Levis Eric, USN	45	Chief Machinist’s Mate	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Musick, Glen, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Myers, Thomas E., USNR		Torpedoman’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Nebrija, Crisanto, USN		Chief Steward	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Newcombe, Robert James, USN		Fire Controlman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Newton, George Joseph, USNR		Soundman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Newton, Kirby Franklin, USNR		Machinist’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Niessen, Thomas John, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		O'Conner, Gerald Wendell, USNR		Electrician’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		O'Rourke, James Joseph, USNR		Soundman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Oates, John J., USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Parker, Jack Clayton, USNR		Radioman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Paschke, Henry William, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Pearson, William Thomas, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Pennington, Herbert Coltharp, USN		Chief Motor Machinist’s Mate	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Pierce, William Philip, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Poe, Robert Lyman, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Poyer, Myron Earl, USN		Gunner’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Pozarski, Henry, USNR		Gunner’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Price, Thomas Jefferson, USNR		Fire Controlman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Profant, Edward Robert, USNR		Radioman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Puntorno, Paul Frank, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Reefer, Harold Gene, USNR		Electrician’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Restaino, Louis, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Ripley, Harold Edward, USNR		Apprentice Seaman	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Ritenour, James T., USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Robles, Edward William, USNR		Signalman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Roper, John Richard, USNR		Radioman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Rose, Eugene, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Rosenberg, Sidney, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Rowe, Melvin Wallace, USN		Signalman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Ryan, Edward Francis, USNR		Gunner’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Saxon, Cole Livingston, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Schadt, Edwin, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Scheff, Arthur Henry, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Schiavone, Joseph Peter, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Schmedes, Fenton Lee, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Schmidt, Donald P., USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Schmitz, Donald J., USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Sensor, John Richardson, USNR		Soundman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Sheldon, Robert Edward, USNR		Ship’s Cook Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Shiflett, Thomas Bowles, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Shirley, Glenn W., USNR		Radioman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Sileo, Daniel Andrew, USNR		Seaman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Simmons, Joseph Anthony, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Smith, Kenneth Orten, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Soares, Stephen, USN		Ship’s Cook Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Sorensen, Leonard F., USNR		Radarman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Springborn, Kenneth William, USNR		Radioman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Sprong, Wendell Oliver, USN		Water Tender Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Starling, Larry Washington, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Staton, Thomas Kimsey, USNR		Machinist’s Mate Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Steele, Ernest Schroeder, USNR		Radioman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Stimmel, Donald Edwin, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Strapac, Andrew Louis, USN		Quartermaster First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Strasburger, Willard George, USN		Machinist’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Street, Gordon Marvin, USNR		Lieutenant Commander	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Sullivan, Audra Neil, USNR		Passenger (Signalman Third Class)	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Suttles, Charlie Albert, USNR		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Switzer, Jack D., USNR		Machinist’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Sykes, Harry Hugh, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Tate, Lester Edgar, USNR		Water Tender Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Taylor, Ralph Lucien, USNR		Boatswain’s Mate Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Taylor, Ray William, USNR		Water Tender First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Therien, Walter George, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Thomas, Frank Michael, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Tiedemann, Howard Mahlon, USN		Radioman Third Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Tippins, Glenn Michael, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Todd, Benjamin Leslie, USNR		Chief Boatswain’s Mate	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Toggweiler, Arthur Monroe, USNR		Electrician’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Underwood, Clyde Hamilton, USNR		Chief Electrician’s Mate	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Van Osdale, Robert Dale, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Vise, James Clellon, USNR		Fireman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Vrtiak, John, USNR		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Walker, John Ellis, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Wallace, James Michael, USN		Ship’s Cook Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Whitfield, Horace Ray, USN		Coxswain	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Wilklow, Frederick, USNR		Yeoman Second Class	USS Donnell (DE 56) +
		Wolf, Verner Hunley, USNR		Machinist’s Mate First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Woodall, Joseph Walker, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Wortman, Benjamin Ellsworth, USNR		Seaman First Class	USS Donnell (DE 56)
		Wright, James Levi, USNR		Passenger (Signalman Second Class)	USS Donnell (DE 56) +

220 persons found.

Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats.

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