Wimple, Milton Arthur b. 25 Apr 1916 Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States d. 20 Oct 1942 At Sea: Our Family History

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Name	Wimple, Milton Arthur
Birth	25 Apr 1916	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7]
Gender	Male
Cemetery	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England [8]
	Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
	Address: Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Military	Cambridge, England [6]
Residence	1920	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States [3]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence	1930	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States [4, 9]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Residence	1935	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States [5, 10]
Residence	1 Apr 1940	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States [5, 10]
	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Occupation	12 Oct 1940 [7]
	Clay Worker
Reference Number	10510
Residence	12 Oct 1940	Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, United States [7]
	Address: 876 Rogers Streeet
_AMTID	410087885507:1030:839865
_FSFTID	L7J7-8SQ
_UID	A4F7BBAA736E44BF9D243283EAA9EB2D0557
Death	20 Oct 1942	At Sea [6, 8, 11]
	Purple Heart recipient USNR WORLD WAR II Seaman 2nd Class, Milton A. Wimple MIA/KIA Hometown: Ohio Official Date of Death 20-Oct-43 Service # 6226326 Awards: Purple Heart Master: Lars Jorgensen MIA/KIA Mission: Convoy ON-137 (straggler) Ship: American Steam merchant "Steel Navigator" Loss Date: 19-Oct-42 Location: 49.45N, 31.20W - Grid BD 2862 North Atlantic Fate: Sunk by U-610 Walter Freiherr von Freyberg-Eisenberg-Allmendingen Complement: 52 (36 dead and 16 survivors). At 19.46 hours on 19 Oct, 1942, the Steel Navigator (Master Lars Jorgensen), a straggler from convoy ON-137, was torpedoed by U-610. The ship had been straggling since 17 October because the master feared a collision during foggy weather and was not able to find the convoy again due to a raging storm that caused the sand ballast to shift. She developed a 40° list, but the crew managed with the help of the armed guards to correct it to 12°. At 11.30 hours on 19 October, the first mate sighted an U-boat about 400 yards off the starboard beam, so the ship turned away and the gun crew fired two shots at the periscope. About eight hours later a torpedo struck between the #1 and #2 hatches, causing the vessel to settle rapidly by the head and to sink in three minutes after the boilers exploded. The eight officers, 28 crewmen and 16 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 5in and four 20mm guns) tried to abandon ship in two lifeboats and the motor boat, but the latter and one of the lifeboats swamped throwing their occupants into the sea, injuring five men fatally. The master and 17 of these men climbed onto rafts while others were picked up by the second lifeboat that was launched successfully. The Germans questioned the survivors in the boat before leaving the area. The 27 survivors in the boat managed to right the other lifeboat during the night and transferred ten men to it. The storm continued and separated the boats. Two officers, eight crewmen and six armed guards were picked up by HMS Decoy (H 75) (LtCdr G.I.M. Balfour, RN) seven days later after one other man having died in their boat. The survivors were so badly weakened that they were hospitalized for three weeks after being landed at Gourock. They were later repatriated on the British liner Queen Elizabeth, arriving on 10 December at Halifax and travelling to New York by train. Nothing was ever heard of the other boat, the rafts or the men aboard them. Personnel associated with this vessel Antonio F. Abad Merchant Marine Donald Gilbert Allen Merchant Marine John N. Anderson Merchant Marine Bernabe Batham Merchant Marine James R. Butler USNR Nicolas Carballo Merchant Marine George A. Cole Merchant Marine August F. Douvener Merchant Marine Frank H. Greaves Merchant Marine Frits Kristian Hansen Merchant Marine William Hartnett Merchant Marine Charles D. Hecht Merchant Marine James Hughes Merchant Marine Lars Jorgenson Merchant Marine Joseph Lewis Merchant Marine Michael J. Lewis Merchant Marine Jesse W. Mason Merchant Marine Larue T. Mayer USN William F. McCarthy Merchant Marine Edwin A. Nelwan Merchant Marine John M. Olsen USN Charles C. Pogue Merchant Marine Salvador Rodriguez Merchant Marine James C. Ruch USNR Simon Salde Merchant Marine Elias Santorio Merchant Marine Charles E. Senovitz USN Clyde S. Sumser USNR Albert A. Tahan Merchant Marine Francisco Teixeira Merchant Marine Etbino Vilanova Merchant Marine William D. Wagner USNR James A. Weber USNR James R. Wells Merchant Marine George R. Williams Merchant Marine Leroy J. Willoughby USNR Milton A. Wimple USNR William John Yokes USNR
		American Battle Monuments Commission WWI, WWII and Korean War Dead
Burial	Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England [8]
	Address: Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Oldest Known Ancestors	Paternal Line: Ransom Wimple Maternal Line: Olive Finch
Person ID	I10510	Family Tree
Last Modified	31 Jul 2024

Father	Living
Mother	Living
Family ID	F4812	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Bucey, Charlotte May, b. 12 Oct 1918, Ohio, United States d. 26 Oct 1982, Oregon, Lucas County, Ohio, United States (Age 64 years)
Marriage	12 Oct 1940	Lucas County, Ohio, United States [7, 12]
Marriage		American Battle Monuments Commission WWI, WWII and Korean War Dead
Family ID	F3531	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	31 Jul 2024

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