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2Lt. Stanley Owen McDonald
4 May 1918 – 11 Nov 1943
| Birth | 4 May 1918 |
| Death | 11 Nov 1943 |
| Cemetery | Honolulu Memorial Honolulu , Honolulu County , Hawaii , USA |
| Added by | Nelda on 10 Nov 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56124942 |
Bio
Stanley served as a Second Lieutenant, 1st Fighter Control Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He resided in Collin County, Texas prior to the war. Stanley was a passenger on the S.S. Cape San Juan (U.S.A.T). The Cape San Juan, while transporting servicemen from San Francisco, California to Townsville, Australia, was hit & sunk by a Japanese torpedo fired from IJN Submarine I-21 approximately 300 miles southeast of Fiji. A reported 117 of those on board were declared missing. Stanley was declared "Missing In Action" in this sinking during the war. He was awarded the Purple Heart. Service # O-857655 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ For a listing of those that perished on the U.S.A.T. Cape San Juan: " Click Here " ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Those on board the Cape San Juan included: 57 Merchant Crewmen, 42 Navy Armed Guards, 3 radio operators, 21 "permanent" army personnel (3 officers and 18 enlisted men), 1 civilian, and 1,340 passengers. A total of 1,464. The passengers included: 811 Officers & Enlisted men of the 855th Engineers (Aviation) Battalion. 367 Officers & Enlisted men of the 1st Fighter Control Squadron. 162 Officers & Enlisted men of the 253rd Ordnance (Aviation) Company. ( Bio & notes by: Russ Pickett ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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