Category: Crewmen/Family Updates

Thank you, Caroline Markham, daughter of USS Mississinewa sailor, Richard Mills, MM3c. She has shared her father’s photograph with us. Richard Mills was on the ship as a plank owner (on the commissioning crew) all the way to its sinking. We’ve added his photo to The Crew listing and will

William Aimetti, son of USS Mississinewa sailor Angelo Aimetti, S2c, shared his dads photo recently and it’s been added to the individual crewmen’s photos page. Angelo was a plank owner on the Miss, having come aboard in the commissioning crew. Fortunately, Angelo was able to survive the sinking, though he

Kenneth R. Voltz, F1 (FCR) Photo of Kenneth R. Voltz, F1 (FCR) who served aboard Mississinewa was kindly shared with us by his nephew, Mr. Harold Voltz. The photo was Kenneth’s High School yearbook photo, taken just before he entered the Navy. Voltz was wounded in the sinking and was

We’d like to thank Alan Earl, for sharing the portrait of his grandfather and USS Mississinewa shipmate, Malcolm D. Earl, F1c, with us. Additionally, Alan was able to identify his grandfather, Malcolm, in the crew photo (see Crew Photo Section F). Malcolm originally came aboard the Miss on 22Oct1944. Later,

Sam Goldstein, son of the late Irving Goldstein, S2c, recently shared his father’s photo with us. Irving Goldstein was one of several sailors who initially reported aboard the Miss on 22 October 1944. Sam was only seven years old when his father was killed in the attack and sinking of

George Joseph Girard, S2c – Photo added A volunteer historian, Mike Franks, in Wooster, Ohio has been working on finding the background of WWII veterans who died serving their country and now honored on a war memorial in Wayne County, Ohio. Mike graciously shared a high school yearbook photo of

Robert Wetterhall, GM3c ID’d in Crew Photo Granddaughter, Mara Roberta Parker Lepore, kindly shared with us a portrait of her late grandfather, Robert Wetterhall, GM3c who served aboard the Mississinewa. It’s been added next to his information on the Crew Page. Thank you, Mara. And, she was able to add

Crewman Steve Katrenic, S2c, ID’d in Crew Photo   Thanks to Steve Katrenic, who with the help of his son, Tom, verified his photo in the crew photo. Tom also generously shared two photos of Steve taken in his navy days.