World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Hubert Ralph Gurney
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Dumont, New Jersey
Honored By
Charles J. Newman
Relationship
Fellow Submariner
CHIEF YEOMAN. LOST WITH ALL HIS SHIPMATES ON THE SUBMARINE USS TROUT SS-202. ON FEBRUARY 16, 1944, THE TROUT TOPPED OFF FUEL, LEFT MIDWAY ISLAND ON HER ELEVENTH WAR PATROL, AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN. WHEN THE TROUT DID NOT RETURN TO MIDWAY ON APRIL 7TH, SHE WAS DECLARED OVERDUE AND PRESUMED LOST ON APRIL 17, 1944.