USS Escolar (SS 294) Memorial Historical

USS Escolar (SS 294) Memorial Historical (HM1ULG)

Location: Charlevoix, MI 49720 Charlevoix County
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Country: United States of America
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N 45° 18.963', W 85° 15.495'

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Inscription

October 17, 1944

—CDR W.J. [William John] Millican —


We the US Submarine Veterans of WWII
Michigan Chapter
proudly dedicate this memorial
to the gallant men of the
USS Escolar (SS294)
Lost by enemy action on or about
17 October 1944
while on her first patrol
with the loss of her entire crew
Cdr. William J. Millican
Commanding Officer
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MOMM2 L.L.[Lloyd Leon] Abram ·
RM3 D.W. [Donald William] Anders
LT T. [Thomas] Babb ·
CEM L.L. [Laurence Leland] Bailey
TM2 D.L. [Donald Lace] Balfe ·
EM3 F.E. [Frederick Edward] Becker
PHM1 J.J. [Joseph James Jr.] Bender ·
LCDR F. [Frank] Blaha
F1 R.E. [Robert Eugene] Bones ·
S2 B.W. [Benjamin Wallace] Bonk
CRM C.E. [Charles Edward] Brabham ·
RT2 G.J. [Glenn John] Broecker
EM1 F. [Frank] Brouskie ·
F1 E.E. [Eugene Everett] Brown
MOMM3 J.M. [Joseph Michael] Cahill ·
TM3 R.L. [Richard Lawrence] Calabrese
TM1 W.T. [William Thomas] Caldwell Jr. ·
RM1 K.S. [Kenneth Saville] Campbell
EM3 M.J. [Michael John] Cheosky ·
TM2 J.J. [Joseph John] Cifrodella
CMOMM J.W. [John William] Clary ·
QM3 D.E. [Donald Ellsworth] Coleman
MOMM1 J.M. [Joe Monroe] Cummings ·
QM2 L.C. [Ludwik Charles] Daniels, Jr.
S1 J.F.
[Joseph Francis Jr.] Ennis ·
STM1 B. [Benjamin] Evans
LT R.L. [Robert Lee] Farrar ·
CY J.C. [John Clinton] Farwell
TM2 F.J. [Francis Joseph] Fine ·
QM2 J.E. [Jack Eugene] Fostair
GM2 A.B. [Alvin Buckley] Foster ·
RT1 L.B. [Lynn Burton] Fox
MOMM1 D.A. [Delbert Arthur] Fulton ·
EM1 W. [Walter] Gancarz
MOMM3 D.H. [Donald Harman] Glading ·
CCS A.E. [Adam Edward] Gorecki
TM3 F.L. [Fred Leroy] Hahn ·
QM1 C.L. [Calvin Livingston] Hampton
LT C.J. [Claude Julian] Hill ·
FC2 E.S. [Edward Stanley] Horodynski
LTJG L.V. [Losson Verner] Jeffrey ·
*MOMM3 J.G. [James Gordon] Johnson
EM2 J.H. [James Howard] Kellam ·
MOMM1 D.C. [Dan Cleveland] Killough
SC2 H.B. [Harold Bernard] Komes ·
SM1 F.B. [Fertig Benjamin] Krause, Jr.
S1 V.J. [Vere Jean] LaRue ·
LTJG H.C. [Howard Carlton] Latham
MOMM1 A. [Anthony] Lieder ·
MOMM2 W.C. [William Clarence] Lyons, Jr.
F1 J. [Joseph] Masloski ·
RM2 T.D. [Thomas Daniel] McCloskey
CEM S.D. [Stanley DeWitt] Miller ·
S1 J.J. [John Joseph] Morris
MOMM3 J.M. [James Marion] Munsel ·
CTM R.B. [Raymond Barnard] Newton, Jr.
F1 R.N. [Robert Nelson] Norford ·
MOMM1 J.A. [John Aloysius] O'Connell, Jr.
CMOMM B.L. [Beryl Loyd] Pennington ·
F1 D.W. [Daniel Wayne] Phillips
STM2 J.A. [James Arthur] Raley ·
MOMM3 J.L. [John Louis] Romond
LTJG R.W. [Robert
Wellington] Searls ·
EM3 R.A. [Robert Ashley] Shirah
F2 J.A. [Joseph Albert] Slavik ·
S1 A.R. [Arthur Reed] Smith
F1 B.T. [Bryant Thomas] Smith ·
BKR3 D. [Donald] Spoust
GM1 A. [Anthony] Tokarcheck ·
EM3 H. [Howard] Trensch
S1 J.B. [John Beeson] Tucker ·
F1 T.E. [Thomas Eugene] Tucker
EM2 R.C. [Richard Clarence] Turner ·
MOMM2 R. [Ralph] Valentino
TM3 W. [William] Velten ·
TM1 G.M. [Goodwyn Mansfield] Wallace
S1 N.P. [Nicholas Peter] Wells ·
ENS J.H. [John Herbert] Whitehouse
SC3 R.W. [Richard William] Wybrow ·
TM3 W. [Walter] Yaworsky
S1 A. [Andrew] Zumar
*George & Viola Johnson
Michigan Gold Star Parents
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HM NumberHM1ULG
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Year Placed1973
Placed ByMichigan Chapter, U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, September 23rd, 2016 at 9:02pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 636519 N 5019536
Decimal Degrees45.31605000, -85.25825000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 45° 18.963', W 85° 15.495'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds45° 18' 57.78" N, 85° 15' 29.7" W
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Area Code(s)231
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 300-398 US-31, Charlevoix MI 49720, US
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