Rank and Name, Seaman First Class Henry Franklin Collier.
Unit/Placed in, USS Warrington (DD-383) Destroyer, United States Naval Reserve.
Henry was born approx. on Oct. 23, 1925 in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Father, Trevor Dewet Collier.
Mother, Annie Melissa (Weaver) Collier.
Sister(s), Elizabeth Mae Collier.
Brother(s), Ray Dewet and William Stanley Collier.
Henry enlisted the service at Pennsylvania with serial number # 8204264.
Henry died when the USS Warrington came in the hurricane off the Bahamas and Sank on 13 September 1944, and he is honored with the Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, WW II Victory Medal.
Henry is buried/mentioned at East Coast Memorial, Manhattan, New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/383.htm
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LB84-676
Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and 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
National Historian
Navy Seal Memorial, http://www.navysealmemorials.com
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/
There is a doubt, but, maybe it’s the USS WARRINGTON (DD-383) (September 13, 1944).
Launched in May, 1937, the 1,850 ton destroyer Warrington capsized during a violent storm in the South Atlantic while on her way to Trinidad. With winds of up to 130 knots, the destroyer was brought to a standstill with the heavy seas pounding her hull to pieces. Sea water cascaded through the ducts and flooded the engine room cutting off all power and damaging her steering mechanism. The ship then took a heavy roll to starboard and the order to abandon ship was given. The Warrington then rolled completely over and with her bow pointing straight up at the sky she quickly and silently slid under the raging ocean. A prolonged search by rescue ships failed to save all the crew. Only 5 officers and 68 men were picked up from the sea two days later by the supply ship USS Hyades and the small carrier Croatan. A total of 248 officers and men had drowned.
