Name and Rank, Private Walter H. Ace.
Unit/Placed in, Quartermaster Corps, 453rd. Amphibious Transport Company.
SS DORCHESTER
Dorchester was a troop ship operated by its agent Agwilines allocated to United States Army requirements that was sunk in the Labrador Sea by a torpedo from a German U-boat on February 3, 1943, during World War II. Of the 904 on board, 675 died (674 plus one of the 230 original survivors after being recovered). Dorchester had been sailing to Greenland as part of naval convoy SG 19 when the U-boat attacked.
James was born on Jan. 10, 1921 in Pennsylvania.
Father, Charles H. Ace.
Mother, Minnie Ace.
Sisters, Elanor and Betty Ace.
Brother, Robert W. Ace.
Walter entered the Service from Allentown, Pennsylvania in Aug. 18, 1942 with servicenumber # no record.
Walter H. Ace was a Private/Passenger onboard the USS Dorchester.
Walter H. Ace was Killed in Action when the SS Dorchester (he was a passenger on, in transport to his Base) was torpedoed by the German U-233 on Feb. 3 1943, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.
A total of 675 soldiers and sailors were lost.
And he is buried at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan).
New York, USA.
Tablets of the missing.
He has a Memorialgrave at Fairview Cemetery, Pen Argyl, Northampton County,
Pennsylvania, USA.
https://www.strijdbewijs.nl/landing/landeng3.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Seabees History Bob Smith https://seabeehf.org/
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/
Military Recovery, https://www.dpaa.mil/
The Four Chaplains
George L. Fox, Alexander D. Goode
Clark V. Poling and John P. Washington
The Four Chaplains, also sometimes referred to as the “Immortal Chaplains” or the “Dorchester Chaplains”, were four United States Army chaplains who gave their lives to save other civilian and military personnel as the troop ship SS Dorchester sank on February 3, 1943, during World War II. They helped other soldiers board lifeboats and gave up their own life jackets when the supply ran out. The chaplains joined arms, said prayers, and sang hymns as they went down with the ship.
From Wikipedia
Visit the virtual cemetery of USAT Dorchester,
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