USS Wake

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NOTE: The USS Wake was an American gunboat seized by the Japanese on the first day of the war, December 8, 1941 (same as Dec 7th in Pearl Harbor). Source- USMC History Center, Washington DC. Special thanks to Prof Eric Niderost of Chabot College, California

Name,Rank,Ser No,Service,Place of Rescue,Notes

Allred, Carter Sanders,CQM,6256894,USN,Hakodate #2,Ret
Balajadia, Juan,SC1c,1102703,USN,Hakodate #2
Ballard, Wilbur Earl,WT1c,2429483,USN,Kawasaki Osaka #5
Barbour, Steward Gordon,RM2c,6256894,USN,Kawasaki Osaka #5
Colilla, Daniel,MM1c,2133033,USN,Fukuoka #1
Conaway, Claude Nathan,GM1c,1222129,USN,Hakodate #3,FR
Fuller, Edgar Elwood,RM2c,3757397,USN,Kawasaki Osaka #5
Ganci, William Benjamin,CRM,2147388,USN,Osaka area
Hein, Christian William,MM1c,2426774,USN,Fukuoka #1
Henry, Albert Priest,MM1c,1718438,USN,Hakodate #3,FR
Herbert, Alfred Joseph,BM1c,2010544,USN,Hakodate #3, Hubert?
Leftwich, John Marcus,RM1c,2655539,USN,Kawasaki Osaka #5
Loughner, William D.,EM1c,2503488,USN,Fukuoka #1
Niles, Frederick J.,WT1c,3948262,USN,Kawasaki Osaka #5
Phillips, William Joseph,SC1c,2613094,USN,Hakodate #3
Prine, Barney Daniel,CMM,1539297,USN,Fukuoka #1
Reece, Ernest Ivan,BM1c,3412396,USN,Hakodate #2,FR
Sharp, Frederick Bernard,CWT,3830567,USN,Hakodate #2,FR
Smith, Columbus Darwin, Lt Cmdr, 56415,USNR, escaped Shanghai,
CO of ship
Tardosky, Gustie John,RM1c,2432142,USN,Osaka area
Tierney, David Gerard,RM1c,2121732,USN,Kawasaki Osaka #5
Tobin, John D.,SK1c,1043098,USN,Hakodate #2
Washburn, Howard Thomas,PhM1c,1630190,USN,Hakodate
Williams, Ralph Yale,MM2c,2500494,USN,Hakodate #2
Winterle, Charles,CBM,1647601,USN,Hakodate #3