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F1 Oscar Darden Price Jr
20 Feb 1921 – 13 Nov 1943
| Birth | 20 Feb 1921 |
| Death | 13 Nov 1943 |
| Cemetery | North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage , Délégation de Carthage , Tunis , Tunisia |
| Added by | Dan Phelan on 18 Jul 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56249757 |
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Entered the service from Texas.
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US Navy WORLD WAR II Fireman 1st Class Oscar D. Price Jr. MIA/KIA Hometown: Texas Official Date of death: 13-Nov-43 Service # 3602010 Awards: Purple Heart, Navy Good Conduct Medal, European - African - Middle Eastern - Campaign Medal Captain: Harold J. Wright Ship: USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) Mission: Troop transport Convoy UGF-1 Loss Date: 12-Nov-1942 Cargo: War material and troops Location: 33.40N, 07.35W - Grid DJ 2524 Fedhala Roads Fate: Sunk by U-130 (Ernst Kals) Complement: 119 (59 dead and 60 survivors). History Laid down as steam passenger ship Jadwin, completed in January 1921 as Hawkeye State for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1923 renamed President Pierce for the Dollar SS Co, later transferred to the American President Lines Ltd, San Francisco CA. On 31 Jul, 1941, chartered by the US Army as troop transport USAT Hugh L. Scott and made four Far East voyages. On 7 Sep, 1942, the ship was commissioned in the US Navy as troop transport USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) after being converted by the Todd Shipbuilding & Drydock Co, Hoboken NJ. She received one battle star for her World War 2 service. Notes on event USS Hugh L. Scott (AP 43) was participating in Operation Torch, the invasion of North Africa, in the Task Group 34.9 (Center Attack Group, Western Naval Task Force) as part of the convoy UGF-1. 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)) at anchor in the heavily guarded Fedhala Roads. 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. USN Personnel associated with USS Hugh L. Scott Paul S. Bournazian Paul R. Bright William A. Campbell Charles K. Dusenberry John P. Enright Jr. Albert V. Fontana Survivor Warren J. Gann Survivor Leroy J. Herbert Warren S. Hiner Warren S. Hiner E. D. Hobbs Venanz Iudiciani Survivor Sanford F. Jacobs Survivor Vincent A. Kazlow Charles H. Kelly Florian Klimczak James M. Lavinder Eugene A. L. Lewis Dean G. Low Geoffrey L. Marconi Richard V. Marone Robert E. Mcginn George J. McMahon Roger J. McMahon Arthur A. Mitchell Richard J. Nydegger Robert E. Pattison Oscar D. Price Jr. Joseph S. Puk Stanley J. Rasicavage Parnell Rayburn John J. Reilly Jr. Walter J. Rogers Robert Schroder Frank J. Singer Joseph W. Skopek Herman T. Sparks Jack O. Stark Jack O. Stark Wilbur D. Stump Fred C. Sutherland Lowell Ray Turner Carl Vallandingham Robert W. Wallace John H. Williamson Charles N. Wyatt
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- Gloria Bee Price Zimmerman 1912–1992
- Maurine Appy Price Kelley 1913–1986
- Rayney Bain Price 1915–1997
- Van Darden Price 1917–1973
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