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USS ASTORIA CA-34 Commanding Officers


Edmund S. Root 1934-1935	C.M. Austin 1935-1937	Charles C. Gill 1937-1938	Richmond K. Turner 1938-1940


Preston B. Haines 1940-1941	Francis W. Scanland 1941-1942	William G. Greenman 1942 Wounded in Action

USS ASTORIA CA-34 Officers


CAPT Gene L. Alair Savo Survivor xxx	LT James Boland Savo Survivor xxx	LT (j.g.) James Brandt SOC Aviator CLICK to Learn More	CAPT James A. Brown Wounded in Action CLICK to Learn More



CDR Conrad Carlson Savo Survivor	CAPT James Topper Savo Survivor	ENS Henry Whitehurst Killed in Action

USS ASTORIA CA-34 Enlisted Men


Eddie Armes Savo Survivor	MMC Martin Bender	Eldred Bloodworth Savo Survivor	Warren D. Cloninger CLICK to Learn More


James F. Craven	Andrew J. Cribbin Killed in Action	QM1/c Kenneth Cruse Savo Survivor	S1/c Howard Davis Savo Survivor


WT2/c Warren Duffy Killed in Action	WT3/c Chester Dymon	Robert E. Fisher Savo Survivor	S2/c Edward J. Frye Wounded in Action CLICK to Learn More


S2/c Lloyd E. Frye CLICK to Learn More	CM2/c Vergil Gracey Savo Survivor	FC2/c Clinton Grove	BTC Paul Hammock Savo Survivor


GM3/c Peter D. Hardie Died from Wounds	CT2/c Wayne Hetzler	Richard Hill Savo Survivor	Belcher Hobson Savo Survivor


Lawrence Jacobsen Savo Survivor	Kenneth A. Johnson	Chester W. Johnson Wounded in Action	EMC Harold M. Knight Savo Survivor


S1/c Willis D. LaPaugh MIA, Declared Dead	SFC Leggette Land Savo Survivor	George J. Laury Savo Survivor	John L. Madera Savo Survivor


FC3/c Clem Miller Savo Survivor	S2/c Roy N. Moon MIA, Declared Dead	John H. O'Neill Wounded in Action	Stanley A. Pottratz Killed in Action


Clifford Quinting Savo Survivor	QM1/c Royal Radke Savo Survivor	PFC Samuel R. Schutt USMC Detachment CLICK to Learn More	James W. Sreboth

Elgin Leroy Staples Savo Survivor	RM2/c Thomas Storey Savo Survivor CLICK to Learn More	Howard S. Taylor Wounded in Action CLICK to Learn More	Clarence Williams Savo Survivor


Don Yeamans Savo Survivor CLICK to Learn More

Note: Final ratings are listed only where they are known.

Sources
American Battle Monuments Commission.http://www.abmc.gov/home.php

Department of Veterans Affairs Grave Locator.http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov

Jones, Brent. Private document and photo collection.

Jones, Pat (ed.) The USS ASTORIA (CA-34) and the Men Who Sailed Her. USS ASTORIA Reunion Association. Privately printed, 1992.

USS ASTORIA CA-34 Muster Rolls, 1942. U.S. Navy Documents in NARA Collection.

USS ASTORIA CA-34 Blue Book. Privately printed, 1972.

The United States Navy Memorial. http://www.navymemorial.org/

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