USS Maddox DD622
The USS Maddox DD622 was commissioned on October 31, 1942, it was sunk by German air attack, on July 10, 1943, and it was struck August 19, 1943.
On June 8, 1943, the Maddox departed from Norfolk for Oran, Algeria, where it became a part of Task Force 81, to assault force for the Sicilian invasion. As the assault troops opened the Amphibious Battle of Gela on July 10, 1943. The Maddox was on antisubmarine patrol about 16 miles offshore, when it was attacked by a German Junkers Ju 88 bomber of KG 54. One of the bombs exploded on the Maddox’s aft magazine, causing the ship to roll over and sink within two minutes. Lieutenant Commander Sarsfield was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for heroism displayed in supervising abandon ship. His action was responsible for saving the lives of 74 of the crew.
210 Killed in Action / Missing in Action List
ABEGG, Benona Franklin, EM1
ABRAMS, Leo Bernard, S2c
AHERN, Francis, EM2
AHRENDT, William Lewis, SF3
ALMQUIST, Calvin Curtiss, S2c
ALOI, Herbert Albert, S2c
ANDERSON, Hartwick Leroy, GM3
ANUSZEWSKI, Edward Eugene, S2c
ANZALONE, Michael Carl, S2c
ARNOLD, William David, S2c
ARNOLD, Charles Dewey, S2c
BAKER, Richard Kenneth, S2c
BALF, Mathew Francis, MM2
BALOG, Peter Paul, S2c
BAREFOOT, Edward Thomas, S1c
BARFIELD, Walter Travis, SK3
BARNES, Charles Harding, RM3
BARNHOUSE, Willis Ned, BMk2
BASKIN, Aaron Samuel, RM3
BATES, Richard Michael, MM3
BATTEN, William Miles, S1c
BEATON, Archie Gerald, SC1
BECKER, Edward Paul, RM2
BECKER, Robert Charles, SM3
BENAVIDES, Rudy Lujan, RM2
BENEDUM, Donald Leroy, S1c
BENZIE, Louis Joseph, S2c
BERGERON, Albert, MM3
BERGSTROM, Edward Joseph, S2c
BERLEHNER, Charles Francis, S2c
BICKEL, Vernon Paul, F1c
BILLETS, Andrew Edward,
S2c BLAIR, Harry Joseph, Jr., MM2
BOOREM, Clayton Phillip, CMM
BOOTH, Thomas, StM1
BOYD, Charles William, S2c
BRETON, Lucien Sylvio, MM2
BURKE, Maurice James, WT1
BUTRIE, Peter, S2c
CALAPRICO, Santa, S2c
CANTY Eugene John , Lieutenant (jg)
CARPENTER, Henry Hurdis, SK1
CASE, Carl Clifton, RM3
CHAMBERLIN, Claude Robert, S1c
CHILDRESS, Marvin Earl, S1c
CHIPPS, Argil Paul, S1c
CHULVICK, John Frank, S2c
CLONINGER, Lyndle Bryan, S1c
CLUPP, Anthony Corneilious, Jr., GM3
CONNELLY, William Joseph, BM2
CONTRADA, James Joseph, S2c
COOK, Brodie Duke, S2c
COOK, Leon Wesley,
RM2 COX, Roscoe Casey, S2c
CRANDALL, Robert Louis FC1
CRATHORNE Arthur Robert , Ensign
CROUSE, James Lee, S2c
CRUSE, Kenneth Hawkins, F1c
CULBERTSON, Gordon Earl, BM2
CULL, Ernest Craig, S2c
CUNNINGHAM, Lawrence Francis, MM3
CUSHING, Willard Edward, MM3
CZERMINSKI, Casimer Joseph, S2c
DAVIDSHOFER, Harlan Joseph, MM2
DEAN, Charles Atkins, CMM
DEVITA, Dominick Frank, MM2
DEYONG, Adam John, MM2
DIBERARDINO, Joseph James, S1c
DODSON, John William Richard, F2c
DUKES, Rembert Joseph, EM3
DUNN Raymond Anthony ,Lieutenant (jg)
EMERICK, Donald Clinton, MM2
EVANS, Robert Sutherland, GM2
FENDER, Gordon Kenmore, WT2
FRANK, Emil Frederick, TM3
FRENCH, Charles William, RdM3
GALBRAITH, William Wesley, MM3
GARDNER, Garland Geraldine, S2c
GARDNER William Thomas Ensign
GILMORE, Russell Martin, EM3
GONZALEZ, James Henry, EM3
GRICE, Malcolm Howard, F1c
GUYDON, Rosevelt, StM1
HAGUE, Raymond Marion,TM2
HART, Fred Nelson, F1c
HAUPT, Lynn Paul, F2c
HAYWARD, Warren Edward, TM3
HELD, Benjamin Harrison, MM1
HENNING, Herman Arthur, SoM3
HENSLEY, Boyce Clayton, CGM
HENSLEY, Lawrence Newell, RM3
HILLIN, Joe William, S2c
HOFFMAN, Lee George, Y3
HOLBERG, Norman Ragnar, RdM3
HOLM, Arnold Irving, MM3
HOOVER, Harry Burnard, S2c
HOVEY, Albert Merton, BM2
HOWARD Lon Franklin Lieutenant (jg)
HUBRICH, Alfred Peter, MM1
JACKSON, Charles Henry, S2c
JARVIS, Newton Baker, WT2
KELLY, Donald Wilson, S2c
KELLOGG, Jack Kenneth, S1c
KELSEY, Leonard Milton, S1c
KLEIN, Gilbert Perez, S2c
KNUTSON, Neil Julian, CRM
KOVAC, Andrew, Cox
KRAKOSKY, Wallace George, FC3
KULLANDER, Donald Robert, S1c
KURTZ, Stanley Robert, GM3
LEECH, Robert David, S2c
LEVY, Mathieu Sylvan, RT2
LUNN, Richard Collins, EM1
MASSERONI, Alfred, MM1
MATTHEWS, Oliver Harrison, Jr., CTM
MAXWELL, Watt Thomas, CM2
McCALL, Albert John, S2c
McCARTER, Creed Carl, FC1
McCOARD Albert Babcock , Jr. Ensign
McGEE, Hobert Bosworth, S1c
MELTON, Homer Ledbetter, F1c
METZINGER, Frank John, S1c
MICKENS, Walter John, OStd3
MILLANDER, Charles Douglas, TM3
MILLS, Darius Willard, S1c
MOELLER, Gustaf Arnold, EM3
MORGAN, Clarence Albert, EM3
MORRIS, Edward Warren, WT2
MUSGRAVE, Dean Howard, F1c
NEESON, Lewis Frederick, RM3
NEIDER, Calvin Coolidge, S1c
NEMEC, Joseph Leonard, MM2
NORTHEY, Bruce Ostrander, MM2
NOVOSEL, Joseph Stephen, GM1
O’CONNOR Patrick Joseph , Jr. Lieutenant (jg)
OLIVE, Richard Everett, CFC
ONEAL, Leon Harvey, S1c
ORDEL, Robert Fred, TM2
OWEN, Lenwood Lee, MM3
PACK, Robert Joseph, RM3
PANNIER, Louis Joseph, Jr., PhM1
PAVLICK, James Joseph, F1c
PELTON, Homer Oscar, S1c
PERALTA, Raymond Amacker, S2c
PERRAULT, Arthur Clare, TM3
PETERS, Jack Riden, S2c
PETERSON, Laurence Allen, GM2
POE, Proctor Hendrix, S2c
POLAND, Jack, MM1
PRATT, Roy, S1c
PRIDGIN, Ray Palmer, S1c
PRINGLE, Orville Vernon, RM3
QUIROLI, Joseph George, S1c
RABY, Luther George, S1c
REYNOLDS, Bert Rex, RM3
REYNOLDS, Hubert Allison, GM1
RICHARDS, Charles Girard, S2c
RINES, Marland Wayne, MM2
RINEY, Clarence Leroy, MM3
ROBINSON, William Franklin, MM3
RODRIGUEZ, Ralph Marmalejo, S2c
RODRIGUEZ, Geronimo, Jr., S2c
RODRIGUEZ, Ramiro, S2c
ROGALSKI, Bruno John, S1c
ROOT, Raymond Roy, S1c
SANCHEZ, Alfred, S1c
SANDERS, Albert, OC2
SARSFIELD Eugene Sylvester Lieutenant Commander
SAVIGNANO, Edmond John, S1c
SCHROEDER, Howard, PhM1
SCOTT, Walter Daley, EM2
SLEVIN, Jerome Augustine, MM2
SMITH, Harold Arthur, MM2
SMITH, Harry Clayton, S2c
SMOCK, Robert Dayle, FC2
STEVENS, Thomas, CWT
STOCKWELL, John Richard, MM3
STRONG, Richard Henry, WT1
STURGILL, Earl William, S1c
TARBETT, Raymond Leon, S1c
TARVIN, Marion Randon, Jr., S2c
TAYLOR, Alfred George, MM3
TAYLOR, Kermit Curtis, S1c
TEDESCHI, Richard Philip, S1c
THOMPSON, Junior Thomas, S2c
THORPE, Robert Howard, MAtt2
TOLER, Ernest Clayton, S2c
TUCKER, Thomas Gaston, MM3
UNSER, Arthur Ewald, SoM3
VACCHIERI, Lawrence Terenzio, S1c
VOEGEL, Gilbert Frank, EM2
VON BROCKDORFF, William Max, S1c
WAGGONER, Raymond Ogle, BM1
WALKER, Harry Edward, EM2
WALKER, Neill Sheldon, EM3
WASKIEWICZ, Stanislaus Ernest, S2c
WEST, Elmer Arthur, S2c
WHALEY, Lester Mayfield, F2c
WHITCOMB, James Arthur, EM3
WHITE, Guy Hobson, BMk2
WHITLA, George Carl,MM1
WHITLEY, James Wiley, GM3
WILLIAMS, Marion Julian, GM3
WILLIAMS, Oscar James, F2c
WILLIAMS, Ray Dorwan, SC3
YAHL, Raymond Clifford, MM1
YOUNG, Charles Levin, S2c
YOUNGBLOOD, Vernon Paul, WT1
ZINSER, Allan Louis, WT1
74 Surviving members of the Crew
ABEL, Eloi Benjamin S2c
ACOSTA, Kenneth Nathaniel S2c
ADAMS, Cecil Jay S1c
ADESSO, Pascuala Joseph S2c
ALLISON, Donald Willis MM2
ARNOLD, Lawrence Vincent S2c
BARAHONA, Carlos (n) S2c
BATTLES, Joseph Owen S2c
BRADY, Coy Harold S1c
BUTLER, Hubert Langdon RdM2
CANONICO, Armando Carmine F1c
CARPENDER, Guy Ellsworth TM2
CHANDLER, Lester Norman, Jr. S1c
COBB, Ivan Branch FC2
COCCIO, Dominick Albert GM2
CROWLEY, Albert Latimer Y3
DEVLIN, Thomas Francis FC2
DILNO, Darwin Louis CQM
DOWDING, David Harper SM2
DOWNEY, E.J. Lt(jg)
DOLBOW, Frederick Gentieu S1c
EMMENEGGER, Oscar John TM3
ENO, E. ENS
GORDANIER, Howard Louis GM3
HART, Cloyd Bernard Cox
HUBBARD, John Edward SoM3
HUTCHINSON, James William Cox
JOHNSON, William Evon SM3
JONES, P.M. LT
JORDAN, T.A. ENS
KIRKSEY, Byron Lee F1c
KIRKWOOD, Jack Wesley GM1
LAIRD, W.R. LT
LANGE, Arvin Joseph Y2
LEWIS, Randall Lee S1c
LIND, Herbert John SoM2
LITTLE, William Bradford FC3
MARINO, Victor Irving CSP
MARTIN, Max Claude S2c
MASSIMINI, Frank N. S1c
McLAUGHLIN, Edward J. Y3
MEURER, Hugh F. RdM3
MILLER, Charles R. FC3
PARKER, Claude T. SC3
PERILLA, George PhM2
PETERSON, Clyde SC3
PETRINSKI, Stanley J. S1c
PHIPPS, Berwyn R. SP1
PRICE, John K. WT2
RAGAN, Henry D. QM3
RETZLOFF, Frederick S1c
RICH, Blaine A. CFM
ROBINSON, K.R. ENS
ROSENSTIEL, Keith A. S2c
RUMBAUGH, Cyrus W. SoM3
SAMAS, Charles J. S2c
SAMPSON, Herbert R. TM3
SCHAMBERGER, Arthur H. SC1
SEARS, Lorne C. RM1
SMITH, Edward L. STM2
STANGER, Robert T. RM3
STEELE, Clovis E. FC3
STROUD, W.B.D LT
SULLIVAN, Joseph G. SoM3
SYKES, Pat D. S1c
TANZI, E.A. Lt(jg)
TIDO, John (n) Jr. BM1
TUNKS, Leland E. BM2
WEEKS, A.G. ENS
WELLONS, Therian W. WT2
WESTBROOK, Daniel H. M1
WHEELER, Wayne P. MM2
WHITE, Henry CY
WILLIAMS, John E. SM1