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NAME Joseph Baraga |
NICKNAME Joe |
SERVICE NUMBER 269591 |
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| UNIT Marine Detachment USS Arizona Gun Captain |
HOME OF RECORD Channing, MI |
NEXT OF KIN Mother, Mrs. Josephine Baraga |
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| DATE OF BIRTH October 31, 1915 at Channing, MI |
ENTERED SERVICE January 3, 1939 at San Diego, CA |
DATE OF LOSS December 7, 1941 |
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| REGION Hawaiian Islands |
CAMPAIGN / AREA Pearl Harbor |
CASUALTY TYPE Killed In Action |
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| CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Sergeant Joseph Baraga was a member of the Marine detachment aboard the battleship USS Arizona. His primary duty was that of gun captain, leading an all-Marine crew on on of the ship’s 5-inch guns. Sergeant Baraga was likely at his post on 7 December 1941 when the ship, struck by bombs that detonated her forward magazine, sank to the bottom of Pearl Harbor. He was not seen after the attack, and was declared dead as of 7 December 1941. |
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| INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS Purple Heart |
LAST KNOWN RANK Sergeant |
STATUS OF REMAINS Presumed aboard USS Arizona |
MEMORIALS Channing Cemetery, Channing, MI USS Arizona Memorial Honolulu Memorial |
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Thank you for this information. I inadvertently came upon his gravestone this morning in Channing, MI while looking for a friend’s grave.