Evening star., 1941-11-04
u. 5. Ship 1orpedoed
Near |ce|and, but
Makes Port; Crew Safe
81 Died on james:
Bomber Croshes at
SEQ, Killing II
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81. The other sailor died after be-
ing rescued.
The known survivors totaled As.
Eight were injured, bui only one
was reported in serious condition.
The casualties of the Reuben
James were made public shortly
after midnight. intensifying the i'm
pact of the earlier disclosure that
one of the Atlantic commands huge
bombers had been lost with all
aboard.
Bodies Recovered.
Killed in the bomber crash were
two Navy officers, nine enlisted men
and an Army officer who was de-
scribed as a passenger. The Navys
statement said the wreckage of the
ship had been found, and it was un-
derstood that the bodies had been
recovered.
The dead. as listed by the Navy,
are:
Ensign Carl M. Thornquist, 20
Naval Reserve, Newton, Mass.
Ensign Carl Bialek, 26. Naval Re.
serve, New Hackensack. N. Y.
Second 1t. w. p. Robinson. %. OF
the Army. a passenger, Of Chicago.
Coy M. Weems, aviation ordnance
man, first class, sol East Ocean View
avenue, Ocean View, Va.
Vern H. Anderson, aviation ma
chinist's mate, second class, 300 West
Freemason street, Norfolk. Va.
Joseph S. Wanek, radioman, Sec
ond class, Escondido. Calf.
Andrew r. Brazille. radioman
third class, Miners Mills. Wilkes
Barre, Pa.
Ocran G. Knehr, radioman, second
class, 303 Allen street, Benmoreel
Park, Norfolk, Va.
william L. Payne, aviation ord
nance -machinist, third class, Dahl.
gren, Va.
NJ. Ground, seaman, second class
Route 3. Bason. N. Y.
Ell Cooper. seaman second class
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Walter Vincent Garrison. aviation
machinist's mate, first class. IS Port
view avenue, Ocean View, Va.
The department withheld infor
nation for the present on the loca.
ton Of the crash, the type Of shiI
and other details.
While there was nothing ofncia
on the subject, 1t was hinted broad.
ly that the plane probably was ont
Of the Nays long-range ply pa.
troll ships, which have been serving
as the eyes for surface fleet oper.
ations.
Since the United States occupied
Iceland and President Roosevelt
ordered the armed services to keer
the sea lanes open to North Amer
lea. IL other men have lost theil
lives. Eleven were killed in the U.
boat attack on the destroyer Kear.
ny, and one Army flyer with th'
Iceland task force met death wher
his warplane crashed.
(The destroyer Greer was in
VOWED in a skirmish in the Ice
land war zone" but was not hit)
If the indicated Reuben Jane
losses prove correct. the list Of mel
who have perished in line Of dut.
will total 121 since August 10, tn
day the Army flyer was killed.
The Reuben James casualty lis
showed that she was carrying IA.
officers and men in her crew.
heavier complement than original.
believed. The normal complement
for a destroyer Of her type is 121
but she was operating under virtua
wartime conditions when crews ar
usually larger.
The Navy made public the list o
the destroyer's known dead-W. H
Merrell, a fireman, first class. o
Ardmore, Tenn, and D. r. Ohm
stead, fireman, second class, o
Olean, N. Y.-and of the IS sur
vivors. The names of the enlisted
men unaccounted for were not re
leased. The names Of the sever
missing officers were made publ