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Adolph Frank Puck

Birth	:	19 Jul 1920
Death	:	12 Nov 1942 Morocco
Burial	:	Saint Lukes Cemetery, Loma, Butler County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.1335983, -96.9460983
Description	:	USNR WORLD WAR II Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Adolph F. Puck MIA/KIA Hometown: Omaha Nebraska Official Date of death: 13-Nov-43 Service # 3164743 Awards: Purple Heart, Navy Good Conduct Medal, European - African - Middle Eastern - Campaign Medal W/STAR Captain: Cdr. Gerald L. Schetky Ship: USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42) Mission: Troop transport Operation Torch Convoy UGF-1 Mission Date: 12-Nov-42 Cargo: War material and troops Location: OFF FEDHALA, MOROCCO Cause: Torpedo attack U-130 (Ernst Kals) Compliment: 235 (31 dead and 204 survivors) History Completed in January 1921 as steam passenger ship Golden State for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1923 renamed President Cleveland for the... Read More	USNR WORLD WAR II Machinist's Mate 1st Class, Adolph F. Puck MIA/KIA Hometown: Omaha Nebraska Official Date of death: 13-Nov-43 Service # 3164743 Awards: Purple Heart, Navy Good Conduct Medal, European - African - Middle Eastern - Campaign Medal W/STAR Captain: Cdr. Gerald L. Schetky Ship: USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42) Mission: Troop transport Operation Torch Convoy UGF-1 Mission Date: 12-Nov-42 Cargo: War material and troops Location: OFF FEDHALA, MOROCCO Cause: Torpedo attack U-130 (Ernst Kals) Compliment: 235 (31 dead and 204 survivors) History Completed in January 1921 as steam passenger ship Golden State for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1923 renamed President Cleveland for the Dollar SS Co, later transferred to the American President Lines Ltd, San Francisco CA. In July 1941 chartered by the US Army as troop transport USAT Tasker H. Bliss and made five Pacific voyages. On 15 Sep, 1942, the ship was commissioned in the US Navy as troop transport USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42) after being converted by the Maryland Drydock Co, Baltimore MD. She received one battle star for her World War 2 service. Notes on event USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42) was participating in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa. The Naval Battle of Casablanca delayed off-loading cargo, and postponed departure from the Moroccan coast. On the evening of 12 November, she was riding at anchor in Fedhala Roads in the Task Group 34.9 (Center Attack Group, Western Naval Task Force) as part of the convoy UGF-1 when the German submarine U-130 commanded by Ernst Kals slipped in among the ships. At 18.28 hours on 12 Nov, 1942, U-130 fired five torpedoes on three transports (USS Edward Rutledge (AP 52), USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) and USS Tasker H. Bliss (AP 42). All torpedoes hit their targets, causing the first and the second ship to sink quickly. USS Tasker H. Bliss burned until 02.30 hours the next morning and finally sank. U-130 reported her victims by their former civilian names. Most of the dead were not recovered or could be identified. Machinist's Mate Puck appears Tablets of the Missing East Coast Memorial New York City. His memorial Saint Lukes Cemetery Loma Nebraska is a cenotaph, his body was never recovered. USN Personnel associated with USS Tasker H. Bliss Herbert Bauer John Begeny Jr. Walter Berkoff Frederick Bermel Michael Emil Bielko Martin H. Braun Raymond Morris Crane Charles M. Deamer Richard L. Demboski James Abraham Dowden James Percy Eldred Oscar Harry Furr Ralph C. Gordon Evans C. Grantham Evans C. Grantham Walter Richard Gross Walter Richard Gross Ernest G. Haarstad Ernest G. Haarstad John Edward Hewitt Walter Thomas Isler Michael R. Kater Eugene F. Kearney Bronislaw Pau Kensek Bronislaw Pau Kensek Harry S. Laponsie Raymond E. Lee Godfrey C. McNeely William T. Molloy Adolph Frank Puck Adolph Frank Puck Magnus C. Reinertsen Alexander J. Sawicki Manuel Wayne Surdyk Donald Jay Swiss Donald B. Willsey Barney Woodell

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Adolph Frank Puck's memorial is located at: Saint Lukes Cemetery, Loma, Butler County, USA.
When did Adolph Frank Puck death?
Adolph Frank Puck death on 12 Nov 1942 in Morocco
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Latitude: 41.1335983
Longitude: -96.9460983

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Adolf Puck

(1883 - 1963)

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Siblings

May Marie Puck Kocian

(1921 - 1975)

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