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Sumner I. Kimball

Ship Designation: 
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Date Lost: 
Sunday, January 16, 1944
U-Boat Attack near Belle Isle Strait
While en route from England to New York via Scotland, the freighter Sumner I. Kimball straggled away from her convoy and was never seen again. Records later showed her to have been torpedoed by U-960 ... There were no survivors.

Lost At Sea Log

Number of sailors in this log: 70

Name Service Branchsort ascending
Sea 1c Wilson Marshall USN
Sea 1c Joseph Eichinger USN
Sea 1c Nicholas Lucia USN
Sea 2c Richard Shunstrom USN
Sea 1c A. Helms USN
Cox Harold Hertweck USN
Sea 1c Sam Brown USN
Sea 1c Arnold Edgerly USN
GM 3c Peter Budnick USN
Sea 1c Joseph Durbin USN
Wiper Roger Delker USMM
Radio Officer Vincent Kirk USMM
A.B. Frank Delorenzo USMM
Chief Cook John Marks USMM
A.B. George Foley USMM
Utility Gerald Mitchell USMM
F/W Robert Hawthorn USMM
3rd Engineer Donald Sprague USMM
Cook William Herlihy USMM
1st Engineer William Vonberg USMM

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