Casualty Report
15 February 1945
From: The Medical Officer.
To: The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department,
Washington, D.C.
Via: The Commanding Officer.
Subject: Report of Casualties
Reference: (a) Manual of Med. Dept., Chapter 23, Para. #3518.
1. In accordance with the reference (a), the subject named report is
herewith submitted:
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: GRAFTON, Robert Jay, #858 36 47, S2c, USNR-SV
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULITPLE, Abdomen, #2564
Disposition: DD. Remains sent to Army Burial Service, Subic Bay, Luzon,
P.I.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: WILHELM, Frank Steven, #337 30 01, GM1c, USN.
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE, Bilateral amputation of legs.
Disposition: DD. Remains sent to Army Burial Service, Subic Bay, Luzon,
P.I.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: ROACH, Clarence Earl, #947 04 71, S2c, USNR-SV.
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE, #2546.
Disposition: DD. Remains sent to Army Burial Service, Subic Bay, Luzon,
P.I.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: SMITH, Johnny Givis, #605 98 44, S2c, USNR.
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE cranium severed in two, #2564.
Disposition: DD. Remains sent to Army Burial Service, Subic Bay, Luzon,
P.I.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: WINNIE, George Harold, MM2c, #386 06 93, USN.
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE, #2564.
Disposition: DD. Remains sent to Army Burial Service, Subic Bay, Luzon,
P.I.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: SNYDER, Keith "E", #800 21 89, SK3c, USNR-SV.
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE, compound fracture, lt. Radius and ulna,
#2564.
Prognosis: Fair
Disposition: Transferred to U.S.S. LST 777.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: COOPER, Homer Lutral, #864 35 25, S1c, USN-M
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE, abdomen, lt. thigh and rt. calf, #2564.
Prognosis: Unfavorable.
Disposition: Transferred to U.S.S. LST 777.
(Seaman Cooper died of his
wounds on February 22, 1945.)
Date: 14
February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: ROBIER, Bernard Charles, #826 76 72, FO3c, USNR-SV.
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE, forehead, lacerations, #2564.
Prognosis: Favorable.
Disposition: Retained onboard.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: BERTANI, Louis Frank, $872 79 53, S1c, USNR
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE, lacerations on back of neck, #2564.
Prognosis: Favorable.
Disposition: Retained onboard.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Shrapnel from shell which struck ship.
Name: CAMPBELL, Lee Arnold, #864 32 80, S1c, USNR-SV.
Diagnosis: WOUNDS, MULTIPLE, lacerations, rt. calf and thigh, #2564.
Prognosis: Good.
Disposition: Transferred to U.S.S. LST 777.
Date: 14 February, 1945.
Place: U.S.S. Fletcher (DD 445)
Cause: Fighting fire in magazine as a result of enemy shell hit.
Name: BIGELOW, Elmer Charles, #725 02 27, WT2c, USN
Diagnosis: SMOKE INHALATION, #2549.
Prognosis: Patient died on 15 February, 1945.
Disposition: DD. Remains sent to Army Burial Service, Subic Bay, Luzon,
P.I.
D. ELDER.
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FIRST ENDORSEMENT U.S.S. FLETCHER (DD 445)
c/o Fleet Post
Office,
San Francisco, Calif.
CONFIDENTIAL 15
February, 1945.
From: The Commanding Officer
To: The Chief of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Navy Department,
Washington, D.C.
1. Approved, forwarded.
J. L. FOSTER.
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