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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William Perry Ottmer Cassidy

Branch of Service

U.S. Merchant Marine

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

The Cassidy Family

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED ABOARD THE SS JACKSONVILLE, OIL TANKER, IN NORTH ATLANTIC. HIS SHIP WAS TORPEDOED BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-482 (GRAF VON MATUSCHKA) AT 1345 GREENWICH CIVIL TIME AUGUST 30, 1944, 50 MILES NORTH OF LONDONDERRY, NORTHERN IRELAND WHILE EN ROUTE FROM NEW YORK TO LOCH EWE, SCOTLAND IN CONVOY CU-36.