LOESING Roy A

Roy A LOESING

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

03061322

AGE

19 yo

DATE OF BIRTH

26 april 1925 Sheboygan

STATE

WISCONSIN

FAMILY

Parent: Mr & Mrs Albert LOESING
Siblings: Adeline, Ruth, Albert H, Ione Bertha, Roy August & Jack

RANK

Seaman 1st Class (S1c)

FONCTION

Seaman

JOB before ENLISTEMENT

DATE of ENLISTEMENT

BOAT

USS Fogg (DE 57)

ARMY

USNR

DATE OF DEATH

20 december 1944

STATUS

KIA

PLACE OF DEATH

Island of the Azores, Atlantique

DATA BASE

Captain: Lt / Cdr. F.H. MARTIN of American Destroyer escort
Navire: USS Fogg (DE 57)

uss fogg 1
Mission: Escort of convoy
Touched : 20-déc-44
Lieu: 43 ° 02'N, 19 ° 19'W - Grille CF 2636

Damaged by U-870 (Ernst Hechler)
Crew: 186 officers et men

(4 dead and 182 survivors).

CEMETERY

BRITTANY AMERICAN CEMETERY de St James

Map St James American Cemetery

GRAVE

Wall of Missing

DECORATION

Purple Heart
European African Eastern Campaing Medal
American Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Combat Action Ribbon

STORY

Brother's Roy	Albert H LOESING Jr
ARMY SERIAL NUMBER	36238869
DATE OF BIRTH	26 octobre 1919
STATE	WISCONSIN
RANK	Sergeant
UNIT	280^th Signal Pigeon
DATE of ENLISTEMENT	25 mars 1942 Fort Sheridan ILLINOIS
INFORMATION SOURCE	Aad.archives.gov

USS Fogg (DE 57) - American Destroyer escort
Prénom USS Fogg (DE 57)
Type: Destructeur escort (Buckley)
Tonnage 1 400 tonnes
Terminé 1943 - Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyards Inc, Hingham MA
Propriétaire : Marine des États-Unis
Port d'attache
Date d'attaque 20 déc 1944
Nationalité: américaine
Attaque par: Dommage par U-870 ( Ernst Hechler )
Position 43 ° 02'N, 19 ° 19'W - Grille CF 2636
Equipage: 216 officiers et hommes (15 morts et 201 survivants).
Histoire USS Fogg (DE 57) a été commandé en juillet 1943.
Elle a effectué huit voyages d'escortes transatlantiques.
Après-guerre: mis hors service et mis en réserve en octobre 1947.
Vendu pour la ferraille en janvier 1966.
In the morning on 20 Dec, 1944, U-870 fired torpedoes at a convoy of landing ships about 370 miles from Sao Miguel, Azores and reported USS LST-350, USS LST-369 and an escort vessel sunk. In fact, USS LST-359 was sunk and USS Fogg (DE 57) damaged by a Gnat. USS Fogg (DE 57) was hit by a Gnat in the stern, killing four men and wounding two others. The crew fought two days to made it for the Azores, then the stern sheared off and only skeleton crew stayed aboard. Finally she reached the Azores in tow of the US Army tug USS LT-643 and USS Chinaberry (AN 61) the next day, escorted by USS Lee Fox (DE 65) and USS Ira Jeffery (DE 63). A first attempt to tow her to Boston failed due bad weather, but she at last arrived on 9 Mar, 1945. The destroyer escort was repaired and returned to service in June 1945. Seaman Loesing appears Tablets of the Missing Brittany American Cemetery and Memorial Saint-James Departement de la Manche Basse-Normandie, France. He also has a cenotaph memorial Wildwood Cemetery Sheboygan Wisconsin, his body was never recovered.