Jack Dhabolt (14502070) Please also see 56128732 as I cannot merge the two memorials.
Suggested edit: Dempsey served as a Motor Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S.S. PGM-18, U.S. Navy during WW II.
He resided in California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Navy on October 19, 1942 in Los Angeles, California.
U.S.S. PGM-18, while sweeping for mines in Nakagusuku Bay on April 7, 1945 off Japan, struck at least one and possibly two or three mines. Eyewitnesses on nearby ships reported that the explosion was so powerful they could see five feet of sunlight under her keel before she came back down into the water, rolled over, and then foundered. YMS-103, in an attempt to rescue survivors, struck two mines, blowing off her bow and stem. Despite this, she was able to remain afloat.
U.S.S. PGM-18 noted thirteen dead or missing and YMS-103 suffered five killed and seven wounded.
Dempsey, who had been wounded, was picked up by one of the other ships in the area. The next day he "Died Of Those Wounds" and was buried at sea.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 5637865
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Contributor: Carol Shaffer Cecil (47638164) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: Dempsey served as a Motor Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S.S. PGM-18, U.S. Navy during WW II.
He resided in California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Navy on October 19, 1942 in Los Angeles, California.
U.S.S. PGM-18, while sweeping for mines in Nakagusuku Bay on April 7, 1945 off Japan, struck at least one and possibly two or three mines. Eyewitnesses on nearby ships reported that the explosion was so powerful they could see five feet of sunlight under her keel before she came back down into the water, rolled over, and then foundered. YMS-103, in an attempt to rescue survivors, struck two mines, blowing off her bow and stem. Despite this, she was able to remain afloat.
U.S.S. PGM-18 noted thirteen dead or missing and YMS-103 suffered five killed and seven wounded.
Dempsey, who had been wounded, was picked up by one of the other ships in the area. The next day he "Died Of Those Wounds" and was buried at sea.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 5637865
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Contributor: Carol Shaffer Cecil (47638164) • [email protected]
Jack Dhabolt (14502070) Please also see 56128732 as I cannot merge the two memorials.
Suggested edit: Dempsey served as a Motor Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S.S. PGM-18, U.S. Navy during WW II.
He resided in California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Navy on October 19, 1942 in Los Angeles, California.
U.S.S. PGM-18, while sweeping for mines in Nakagusuku Bay on April 7, 1945 off Japan, struck at least one and possibly two or three mines. Eyewitnesses on nearby ships reported that the explosion was so powerful they could see five feet of sunlight under her keel before she came back down into the water, rolled over, and then foundered. YMS-103, in an attempt to rescue survivors, struck two mines, blowing off her bow and stem. Despite this, she was able to remain afloat.
U.S.S. PGM-18 noted thirteen dead or missing and YMS-103 suffered five killed and seven wounded.
Dempsey, who had been wounded, was picked up by one of the other ships in the area. The next day he "Died Of Those Wounds" and was buried at sea.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 5637865
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Contributor: Carol Shaffer Cecil (47638164) • [email protected]
Suggested edit: Dempsey served as a Motor Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S.S. PGM-18, U.S. Navy during WW II.
He resided in California prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Navy on October 19, 1942 in Los Angeles, California.
U.S.S. PGM-18, while sweeping for mines in Nakagusuku Bay on April 7, 1945 off Japan, struck at least one and possibly two or three mines. Eyewitnesses on nearby ships reported that the explosion was so powerful they could see five feet of sunlight under her keel before she came back down into the water, rolled over, and then foundered. YMS-103, in an attempt to rescue survivors, struck two mines, blowing off her bow and stem. Despite this, she was able to remain afloat.
U.S.S. PGM-18 noted thirteen dead or missing and YMS-103 suffered five killed and seven wounded.
Dempsey, who had been wounded, was picked up by one of the other ships in the area. The next day he "Died Of Those Wounds" and was buried at sea.
He was awarded the Purple Heart.
Service # 5637865
( Bio by: Russ Pickett )
Contributor: Carol Shaffer Cecil (47638164) • [email protected]
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