S1 2C. U.S. Navy Lost aboard USS Asheville
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 on the Tablet Of The Missing at The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Find a Grave Memorial #56755430
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 on the Tablet Of The Missing at The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Find a Grave Memorial #56755430
S1 2C. U.S. Navy Lost aboard USS Asheville
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 on the Tablet Of The Missing at The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Find a Grave Memorial #56755430
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 on the Tablet Of The Missing at The Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, in Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Find a Grave Memorial #56755430
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