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HERRINGTON, Haskell Raymon, Y1c Mount Olive, Mississippi JENKINSON, William Allen, S2c Pine Bluff, Arkansas JOHN, Robert Maxwell, Lieut. (jg) Rutland Heights, Mass. JOHNSON, Floyd Edward, S2c Childress, Texas KENAH, William Henry, Jr., Lieut. (jg) Elizabeth, New Jersey KENNEY, Clifford Ray, S1c Bow, New Hampshire KING, Paul Camron, S1c Radford, Virginia KRAFT, Edward Daniel, Jr., AOM2c Babylon, New York KUKLENSKI, Robert, AM3c Oklahoma City, Oklahoma LALIBERTE, Wilfred Marcel, AOM2c Somerworth, New Hampshire LATHAM, Fred, S1c Warren, Ohio LEE, Robert Earl, ARM3c LIGHTFOOT, Gilbert Walter, ACMM LIPSHITZ, Jacob Kalman, S1c Brooklyn, New York LONG, Keith Vernon, Ensign MacDONALD, Ronald Fred, SF2c Tacoma, Washington MARKLEY, Ferdinand Anthony, S1c Detroit, Michigan MASTERS, Lowell Vance, Lieut. (jg) McGEE, Loring Hummel, Ensign McIVER, EdseI Victor, S2c Nacogdoches, Texas McLEAN, Charles Clinton, S2c Enterprise, Alabama MERCHANT, Earl Loyd, S1c Tomah, Wisconsin MIDYETT, Wesley Leon, Ensign Stanberry, Missouri MOORE, William Seals, S1c Yoakum, Texas MORAN, Robert Thomas, S1c Johnston, Rhode Island MULHEARN, William Joseph, AOM2c Hoboken, New Jersey NEWTON, Tom Joseph, Lieut. (jg) O'CONNOR, Edward Jr., ARM1c San Diego, California OLSON, Einar Odin, BM1c Minneapolis, Minnesota PARKER, William Wyatt, Lieut. (jg) Dubuque, Iowa PEACH, Chester James, S1c Chelsea, Massachusetts PECK, William Walter, Ensign PENCEK, Richard Victor, ARM2c PLYMALE, Arthur Eugene, S1c Fowler, Kansas RANKS, Eugene John, S2c Portland, Maine REEVES, George Washington, Lieut. (jg) REINERS, James Devine, S1c Chicago, Illinois RIPLEY, Gilbert Lester, S1c Searsmont, Maine ROBERTSON, Charles Alexander, Ensign ROCK, Shelton Levi, S2c Owensboro, Kentucky RUSHING, Joseph Terry, ACRM RYBINSKI, Anthony Francis, S1c SEIGANTHALER, Chas. Douglas, Ensign Detroit, Michigan SETTLES, Charles William, Lieut. (jg) Flushing, New York SEXTON, William Michael, S1c Oelwein, Iowa SHACKLEFORD, Joe Marlin, S1c Ripley, Mississippi SHIELDS, James Ambrose, F2c Ironton, Ohio SKAWSKI, Tom Joseph, AOM3c Springfield, Massachusetts SMITH, Kenneth Alexander, S2c Lynn, Massachusetts SOLOMON, Morris, AMM3c San Diego, California STONE, Hugh Marshall, S1c Marietta, Georgia STONEMAN, Curren Francis, AOM3c Portland, Oregon STOVER, Elwood Leroy, S1c Reading, Pensylvania STREETER, John Seymour, AOM1c Monroe, Washington STUBBLEFIELD, Jack Francis, S1c Plainview, Texas THOMPSON, MacDonald, Lt. Comdr TURPAK, Thomas Anthony, S1c Lodi, New Jersey TURPIN, Martin Parks, S1c
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*Note what comes about from Listing these names on this Memorial...
Jake, the Yeoman had been listing Luther Pope Johnson, Jr. as an MIA on this Page.
This mistake in listing Luther MIA has led to a wonderful discovery, for the Government
has yet to discover the name of an "Allied Flier" whose grave was discovered on Kurakashi
Shima P.O.W. camp but they state that his crew members "have been devolved". We now
know, because of this discovery, the name of this unknown pilot who was indeed, Lt(jg)
Clarence Teige and his radioman, Jack Keeley, ARM3c. Keeley was burned in his plane and
his ashes were buried in an undisclosed grave on Kurakashi Shima. Luther P. Johnson, Jr.,
survived the downing of the aircraft and was transferred to the Ofuna P.O.W. camp near
Tokyo.Through this discovery, the government will now learn the name of this unknown pilot. All
this thankfully came to light during an Email session between Jake and David Coile, who was
doing research for the Johnson family. This email was shared with Bob Molleston, our WWII
Historian, who is a former member of AG-6, who has the AG-6 History book, which listed
the names of the crew of this TBM that was shot down.This is an amazing discovery! We also know now who the unknown pilot who was buried near
the Kurakashi Shima Shock Barracks. (See Page 65 of the document) which is a part of a
larger document suitable for high speed ISP connection only. It must be noted that this docu-
ment was gathered after the end of the war in 1946. Subsequent lost data may have been
gathered, and the document in question may not have been updated. If in that case, the
Web Yeoman at least tried.Details: Luther Johnson, Jr. was deployed in Air Group Six as a turret gunner on a TBM tor-
pedo plane. His pilot was Lt. (jg) Clarence Teige and the radioman was Jack S. Keeley, ARM3c.
On July 24, 1945, while attacking the Kura Naval Base in Japan, Teige’s plane and 3 other
planes from Air Group Six were shot down. Johnson, the only survivor became a P.O.W and
sent to Ofuna P.O.W. camp near Tokyo.Lt(jg) Teige was either killed in the action/loss of his plane or died subsequently in the P.O.W.
camp, but thankfully to subsequent record discovery, we now know the fate of radioman
Jack Keeley, as the record stated he was burned in the downing of their TBM Torpedo plane,
and his ashes were buried somewhere on Kurakashi Shima but his remains were not found. We
have had subsequent data regarding Johnson as surviving the Ofuna P.O.W. Camp and was
liberated after cessation of hostilities, coming home to live his life, and passing away 31 Oct
2006. If you have any more information on this loss or know of info on other men listed on this
Memorial, please contact the Web Yeoman ASAP.
Thanks -
Jake
