Seaman Second Class S2c Paul Frame \Service Number 3821622
Enlisted Jan. 1940. Los Angeles
S2c Paul Frame served on the brave gunboat USS Asheville Gun Boat 21/ PG 21. that on March 3rd, 1942 south of Java radioed that she was attacked while sailing to Australia. She was not seen or heard of again, and her fate was unknown for a long time until the history was obtained from a repatriated American who had been a POW of the Japanese . Two Japanese destroyers closed and engaged the smaller Asheville who fought fiercely in an intense 30-minute gun battle. She finally sank.
Paul was a hero.
November 1945 was when Paul was declared legally dead.
Paul is remembered with a cenotaph with his parents at Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 122006467
His parents were Milo and Alyce Frame of Iowa.
Enlisted Jan. 1940. Los Angeles
S2c Paul Frame served on the brave gunboat USS Asheville Gun Boat 21/ PG 21. that on March 3rd, 1942 south of Java radioed that she was attacked while sailing to Australia. She was not seen or heard of again, and her fate was unknown for a long time until the history was obtained from a repatriated American who had been a POW of the Japanese . Two Japanese destroyers closed and engaged the smaller Asheville who fought fiercely in an intense 30-minute gun battle. She finally sank.
Paul was a hero.
November 1945 was when Paul was declared legally dead.
Paul is remembered with a cenotaph with his parents at Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 122006467
His parents were Milo and Alyce Frame of Iowa.
Seaman Second Class S2c Paul Frame \Service Number 3821622
Enlisted Jan. 1940. Los Angeles
S2c Paul Frame served on the brave gunboat USS Asheville Gun Boat 21/ PG 21. that on March 3rd, 1942 south of Java radioed that she was attacked while sailing to Australia. She was not seen or heard of again, and her fate was unknown for a long time until the history was obtained from a repatriated American who had been a POW of the Japanese . Two Japanese destroyers closed and engaged the smaller Asheville who fought fiercely in an intense 30-minute gun battle. She finally sank.
Paul was a hero.
November 1945 was when Paul was declared legally dead.
Paul is remembered with a cenotaph with his parents at Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 122006467
His parents were Milo and Alyce Frame of Iowa.
Enlisted Jan. 1940. Los Angeles
S2c Paul Frame served on the brave gunboat USS Asheville Gun Boat 21/ PG 21. that on March 3rd, 1942 south of Java radioed that she was attacked while sailing to Australia. She was not seen or heard of again, and her fate was unknown for a long time until the history was obtained from a repatriated American who had been a POW of the Japanese . Two Japanese destroyers closed and engaged the smaller Asheville who fought fiercely in an intense 30-minute gun battle. She finally sank.
Paul was a hero.
November 1945 was when Paul was declared legally dead.
Paul is remembered with a cenotaph with his parents at Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Fayette County, Iowa, USA Memorial ID 122006467
His parents were Milo and Alyce Frame of Iowa.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from California.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
