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Meredith

Ship Designation: 
DD-434
Date Lost: 
Thursday, October 15, 1942
Attack by Enemy Aircraft
Departing Espiritu Santo on 12 October 1942 to escort a convoy to Guadalcanal, convoy came under attack by 35 Japanese bombers and torpedo planes from the carrier Zuikaku. Fighting valiantly, Meredith brought down three of the attacking aircraft before being hit and sunk. Meredith survivors rescued after 3 days in the water. Sixty three officers and men from Meredith survived the sinking and were rescued by friendly forces after being in shark infested waters for three days.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 186

Name Service Branchsort descending
F 3c Leon Ford USN
Lt Thomas Shriver USN
Lt(jg) Alfred Naifeh USN
F 3c Joseph Pepe USN
F 2c Joseph Weinstein USN
CM Alvin Aiken USN
SK 2c Harold Bureman USN
BM 1c Robert Matheson USN
Sea 1c Robert Mcneel USN
MM 1c James Jacker USN
PhM 1c Ellis Hazelton USN
F 1c Frank Demikis USN
Sea 2c Armand Fontaine USN
CSK Robert Silva USN
Sea 1c Anthony Morrow USN
Sea 1c James Petersohn USN
Sea 2c William Williams USN
SC 2c Glenn Alderman USN
QM 2c Frank Burnham USN
Sea 2c William Marks USN

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Prepared by CAPT R.O. Strange USN (Ret.)