KAY, THOMAS (23), Gunlayer, SS Leopoldville, Royal Navy, 01/07/1921 ~ 26/03/2002, Survived the sinking of the Muncaster Castle and later when the Leopoldville was sunk. Co. Co. K 262nd Regiment Uhrichsville, Longwell, Robert G. Pfc. Co. Co. F 262nd Regiment Chicago [M], Bradenback, Norman U. Co. F 262nd Regiment Clarksville [M], Christian, Jim B. Pfc. Co. E 262nd Regiment Dayton [M], Wells, Floyd K. Pfc. Co. B 264th Regiment Herndon [M], Zubal, John J. Pfc. 262nd Regiment Riverside [M], Carson, Marshall Pvt. Co. L 262nd Regiment Pine Valley [M], Hargraves, Jeff Sgt. Co. K 262nd Regiment Fall River [M], Stenquist, Helmer R. Pvt. Co. F 262nd Regiment Finger [M], McCorkle, Wallace Pvt. Co. E 262nd Regiment Elizabeth [M], Van Belle, Daniel J. Pfc. Co. H 262nd Regiment Providence [M], Masssey, Joseph D. S. Sgt. Lt. Co. D 264th Regiment Biddeford [M], Cote, Philip G. Pfc. Co. K 264th Regiment Flintstone [M], Berigtold, Raymond E. Pfc. Co. 1st Battalion 264th Regiment Des Moines [M], Hoyt, Robert S. S. Sgt. Co. E 262nd Regiment McAllen [M], Caviness, Billy T. Pvt. Co. The incident is considered to be the largest military. Hdq. Co. H 262nd Regiment NYC [M], Turetzky, David S. Pvt. Co. B 264th Regiment Elsmere, Katz, Nathan Pfc. Co. H 262nd Regiment Gary [M], Bouse, Oren A. Sgt. Co. K 262nd Regiment Shreveport [F], Henderson, John M. Pvt. Co. B 264th Regiment Bowman, Brown, Dessie W. Pvt. Lt. Co. H 262nd Regiment Manville [F], Gleeson, Douglas C. Pfc. Co. H 262nd Regiment Henryville [M], Kocsis, Anton Pfc. Co. C 264th Regiment Bottineau [F], Appleman, Robert B. Pfc. As far as any threat from the German Navy, the Kriegsmarine, since the D-Day landings in June, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops had crossed the English Channel without being attacked. Co. 1st Bat. Co. K 262nd Regiment Knoxville, Henry, Glenn H. Pfc. On December 24, 1944, Lt. Gerhard Meyer, German submarine commander of the U 486 fired a torpedo that sank the S.S. Leopoldville as it transported 2,000 American soldiers to reinforce the Battle of the Bulge. Med. Co. Co. B 264th Regiment Trinidad, Reeder, Harold P. Pvt. SS Lopoldville was an 11,500-long-ton passenger liner of the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. Co. K 262nd Regiment Jacksonville [R], Wright, Kenneth K. Pfc. Co. B 264th Regiment Canton [M], Slusser, Elmer D. Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment Selsbee [M], Head, Art S. Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment South Bend, McKain, Harry W. Pfc. Det. Co. L 262nd Regiment Tampa [M], Hinton, Frederick D. Pvt. Co. K 262nd Regiment Clarinda [R], Parry, Charles W. Pfc. For Paul Plotkin's 100th birthday, VFW Post 1617 in Derry, New Hampshire, honored its own WWII veteran with a special ceremony on June 26. Co. B 264th Regiment Huntington, Bowyer, James M., Jr. Sgt. Co. Co. 1st Battalion 264th Regiment Lake Butler, Nolan, James H. S. Sgt. Co. C 264th Regiment Providence [F], Hodosh, Leonard J. Pfc. They boarded the ship at 9 a.m. Dec. 24, 1944, survivors later told reporters. Co. E 262nd Regiment Moyers [M], Paden, George W. Pvt. Co. K 262nd Regiment East Douglas, Irvine, Richard G. Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment Philadelphia [M], English, Thomas J., Jr. Pfc. Co. L 262nd Regiment Lewisburg [M], Gilley, Thomas W. S. Sgt. Soldiers on Lopoldville jumped down onto the smaller Brilliant. I 262nd Regiment Bolton [M], Smith, William F. Pfc. I 262nd Regiment Newark, Steuble, Gilbert J. S. Sgt. I 264th Regiment Herkimer [M], Holleran, James R. Pfc. Henry Miner lost many friends in the sinking of the SS Leopoldville, including one who gave him a diary to return to his family should anything happen to him. Co. C 264th Regiment Steelton [M], Shevera, Edward T/5. 1st Lt. Co. B 264th Regiment Houston [R], Ayala, Modesto Pfc. Med. Co. F 262nd Regiment Los Angeles [M], Stull, Ray S. T/4. I 264th Regiment Galveston [M], Jeter, G. C., Jr. Pfc. 262nd Regiment Dalton [M], Zellner, Harold M. Sgt. 2d. Co. H 262nd Regiment Council Bluffs [M], Welbourn, Eldred O. Sgt. Co. 2nd Battalion 262nd Regiment Ramona, Coble, Wayne H. 1st Sgt. Co. A 264th Regiment Walnutport [M], Gilbert, Harold Pfc. Each turbine ran on exhaust steam from the piston engine on the same shaft. Plotkin, a Bridgeport, Connecticut, native residing at Birch Heights' retirement facility in Derry, was surprised at Post . Co. H 262nd Regiment Frankfort [M], Simonetti, John Pvt. I 262nd Regiment Delphos [M], MacMillan, Lynn L. Pfc. Co. K 262nd Regiment Providence, De Resta, Antonio, Jr. Sgt. Co. L 262nd Regiment Evansville [M], Weeks, Ulysses B. Pvt. Co. Co. F 262nd Regiment Covington [M], Farler, Otis Pfc. Co. I 264th Regiment Houston [M], Pearl, Bill M. Pfc. Hdq. Co. 2nd Battalion 262nd Regiment NYC [F], Wilson, Richard J. T/5. Co. C 264th Regiment Chicago [F], Dalton, Delmar L. Pfc. The sinking of the SS Leopoldville in 1944 killed 763 U.S. Army soldiers on their way to the Battle of the Bulge. I 264th Regiment Del Rio, Edler, Tony W., Jr. T. Sgt. Co. 2374 (819 dead and 1555 survivors). Co. B 264th Regiment [M], Perea, Joaquin Pvt. Co. B 264th Regiment Dayton [M], Stewart, Benjamin L. Pvt. There were almost 800 who were killed or drowned as a result of the torpedoing. Co. F 262nd Regiment Pueblo [M], Berube, Joseph E. Pvt. Co. Co. Vernon, Lewis, Raymond R. Pfc. Co. E 262nd Regiment Jerome, Poupard, Wilmer C. T/4. The scrambling nets were hanging down the Lopoldville's port side and the US soldiers were coming down on to our upper deck. SS Lopoldville was a 11,509 GRT passenger liner of the Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo. Det. Richard Trout Dreisbach was born on February 24, 1926, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Co. A 264th Regiment [F], Rice, Walter H. Pvt. [1], Lopoldville was hastily loaded for the Battle of the Bulge with 2,223 reinforcements from the 262nd and 264th Regiments, 66th Infantry Division of the United States Army. Co. K 262nd Regiment Pittsfield [F], Patterson, Thomas H. S. Sgt. Co. Co. C 264th Regiment Valley View [M], Borovich, Dan Pvt. The. Co. Co. C 264th Regiment [F], Lewandowski, George J. Pfc. I 262nd Regiment Muses Mills [M], Hatton, Orville Pfc. Co. E 264th Regiment Clear Lake [R], McManis, Orion G. Pvt. She was converted for use as a troopship in the Second World War, and while sailing between Southampton and Cherbourg, was torpedoed and sunk by the U-486. Co. K 264th Regiment Solvay [F], Paterson, Douglas W. Sgt. Co. I 264th Regiment Tiptonville, Gillespie, John O. Pfc. Sgt. Co. E 262nd Regiment Kansas City [M], Davis, Raymond Pfc. Hdq. Co. 1st Battalion 264th Regiment Florissant [M], Leftwich, William E. Pfc. Co. 262nd Regiment Pleasant Mount [M], Cybak, Harry, Jr. 1st. Co. Hdq. Co. Co. L 262nd Regiment Sumter, McNair, James L. Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment Brooklyn, NYC [M], Cacace, Anthony F. S. Sgt. Co. L 262nd Regiment Meridian [M], Martin, Ray E. Pfc. Co. C 264th Regiment Belleville, Vester, Richard H. Pfc. Co. L 262nd Regiment Brooklyn, NYC [F], Aborn, Harold L. Pvt. Co. Co. H 262nd Regiment Chicago [M], Welch, Donald P. Pfc. Co. E 262nd Regiment Winona [M], Winstead, Rufus B. Pvt. Co. 1st Battalion 264th Regiment Fort Worth, Andrews, Lloyd L. Pfc. I 262nd Regiment Hagerstown, Powell, James W. Pfc. Hdq. Lt. Co. C 264th Regiment Summerton, Lawrence, William I. Sgt. Co. A 264th Regiment Manhattan, NYC [M], Carlson, Carl Pfc. See also Muncaster Castle list I 262nd Regiment Oakland, Perry, Joe J. T/5. Co. F 262nd Regiment Jamestown [M], Carlson, Clarence H. Pfc. Co. K 262nd Regiment San Antonio [M], Gillem, Dee R. S. Sgt. 1st Battalion 264th Regiment Spokane [M], Rust, David S. Pfc. This In Memorium list is provided byAllan Andrade from his bookLeopoldville: A Tragedy Too Long Secret. Co. F 262nd Regiment Myersdale [M], Cavalcante, Edward M. Pfc. Co. E 262nd Regiment North East, Myers, Harold L. Pvt. Co. Co. K 264th Regiment Demossville [M], Travis, Hoyt L. Pvt. Co. F 262nd Regiment Haverhill [M], De Piero, Louis A. S. Sgt. I 262nd Regiment Johnson City [R], Sweeney, Leonard B. T/5. Hdq. 262nd Regiment Brooklyn, NYC [M], Stewart, Walter K. Pfc. Co. K 262nd Regiment New Bloomfield [R], Bathke, Oliver C. Pfc. Co. H 262nd Regiment Kerrville [M], Roberts, Wardell J. Sgt. Co. A 264th Regiment Mahanoy City [F], Chambers, Robert L. Pfc. I 262nd Regiment NYC [M], Cuccia, Salvatore C. Pvt. Det. Unfortunately limbs were being broken when they landed on the torpedo tubes and other fixed equipment on the starboard side of the upper deck; some men fell between the two vessels and were crushed as the two vessels crashed into each other. Co. F 262nd Regiment Lenoir City [M], Stills, Robert Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment Malden [M], Hope, James H. Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment Huntington Park [M], Young, Fred F., Jr. Sgt. Co. E 262nd Regiment [M], Campbell, Tez V. Pvt. I 262nd Regiment Larksville, Martynowski, Edward H. T/5. Co. B 264th Regiment Binghamton [F], Peterson, Robert G. Pfc. Official death notices after the sinking of the SS Leopoldville were sent out slowly over months and were vague of details in an effort to keep information about the disaster away from the public. I 262nd Regiment Rosslyn, Frank, Jony A. T/5. Hdq. I 262nd Regiment Isola [M], Byrd, Robert S. Pfc. SS Lopoldville Belgian troopship being used by the British, sunk by a German U-Boat off the coast of Cherbourg, France on Christmas Eve 1944. Co. F 262nd Regiment Mattapan [M], Lemos, Anthony Pfc. Co. I 262nd Regiment Waterloo [M], Klein, John J. S. Sgt. I 264th Regiment [F], Machado, Frank R. Pfc. PFC. Med. Co. D 264th Regiment Marshfield, Peterson, Lennart W. Pfc. Co. E 262nd Regiment Stuarts Draft [M], Bush, Charles L. Pfc. Hdq. Co. K 264th Regiment Tishomingo [M], Howell, Alton Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment Paramus [M], Franco, Pablo G. Pfc. Co. B 264th Regiment Osbourn, Donnelly, William O. S. Sgt. Co. L 262nd Regiment Ooltewah [M], Cannon, Fay Pvt. I 264th Regiment Dallas [F], Koehler, Herbert O., Jr. Pvt. Co. F 262nd Regiment Tyrone [M], Hayes, Albert T. Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment North Billerica, Nolan, William E. Pvt. Smith (Center) with 2 unidentified buddies Anyone seeking additional information about the Leopoldville disaster or who wishes to contribute a photo of a relative to this In Memoriam page should contact Leopoldville disaster author/historian Allan Andrade via e-mail at agandrade37@msn.com. 264th Regiment Beech, Conn, Curtiss Pvt. I 262nd Regiment Sarepta, Fried, Simon Pvt. Co. B 264th Regiment Gardner, Fernanndes, Martin, Jr. Pvt. Co. Co. H 262nd Regiment Coldwater [M], Morgan, James L. Pfc. I 262nd Regiment Yakima [M], Lewis, William K. Pfc. Co. A 264th Regiment [F], Brogden, Lee R. S. Sgt. Co. E 264th Regiment Morea, Downing, Frank P., Jr. Pvt. 2000. He went below on a makeshift wooden staircase to where hammocks were hung four high. Co. H 262nd Regiment Arkansas City [M], South, Merle W. S. Sgt. Co. Co. A 264th Regiment [M], Wells, Donald E. Pfc. Co. F 262nd Regiment Bay City [M], Gutt, Donald C. Pvt. Co. A 264th Regiment [M], Tucker, Warren C. Pfc. Co. E 262nd Regiment Detroit [M], MacGowan, John Pvt. Clive Cussler dedicated his 1986 book Cyclops to the disaster. Det. Brilliant attempted radio communications, but could not communicate directly with the Americans at Fort L'Ouest in Cherbourg because the Americans used a different radio frequency and could not read the British code. Co. 3rd Battalion 262nd Regiment Marion, Howard, Edward F. Pfc. Co. Survivors of the Leopoldville by Ray Roberts Archived . Co. The turbines increased Lopoldville's total power to 1,197 NHP. Co. Co. E 264th Regiment Sharon, Jaspan, Ralph L. Pvt. Med. Co. L 262nd Regiment Ewing, Fox, Earl B. Pfc. Co. K 264th Regiment Fort Collins, Ortega, Joe B. Pfc. Co. H 262nd Regiment Lee City [M], Hopkins, Elden G. Cpl. 1st Sgt. Co. F 262nd Regiment Bay Springs [M], Moncrief, Clifton Pfc. From his web site: "H.M.S. Co. E 262nd Regiment Versailles [M], Bonde, Carl R., Jr. Pfc. Co. C 264th Regiment Pendleton, Neiderheiser, Daniel Pvt. Served on indicates the ships we have listed for the person, some were stationed on multiple ships hit by U-boats. Co. E 262nd Regiment Los Angeles [M], Durgy, William D. S. Sgt. Det. People missing from this listing? Co. E 264th Regiment Iron River, Kritselis, Christ A. Pvt. Co. E 264th Regiment Munger, Tait, Robert P. Pfc. Co. L 262nd Regiment Brooklyn, NYC [M], Coen, James P. Pvt. Co. L 262nd Regiment Chicago, Nelson, Eric G. Sgt. Co. F 262nd Regiment Bridgeport [M], Svenningsen, Elmer Pfc. On Christmas Eve, 1944, a German U-boat torpedoed the troopship SS Leopoldville, sending 800 U.S. soldiers to their death. Pfc. Co. C 264th Regiment Danbury, ONeil, Grant P. Pfc. Co. I 262nd Regiment Show Low [M], Bell, Jack N. Pfc. Co. Co. K 262nd Regiment Alhambra, Martinez, Candelario Pvt. Co. Co. H 262nd Regiment South Bend [M], Walters, Gerald E. Sgt. This In Memoriam list was originally published by me in July 1997. Co. 2nd Battalion262nd Regiment Tully, Young, George F. S. Sgt. Co. L 262nd Regiment Rogersville [M], Anderson, Marvin C. Pvt. Hdq. I 262nd Regiment Brighton, Quinonez, Joe J. Pfc. Co. E 264th Regiment Greenville, Martin, Roddy A.
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