Thomas H. Shobbrook - Missing Marines

	NAME Thomas Henry Shobbrook	NICKNAME —	SERVICE NUMBER O-7627
	UNIT 24th Provisional Marine Company 16th Defense Battalion	HOME OF RECORD 15201 Turlington Avenue, Harvey, IL	NEXT OF KIN Father, Mr. Thomas Shobbrook
	DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1916 in Harvey, IL	ENTERED SERVICE December 30, 1940 (enlisted) May 29, 1941 (commissioned)	DATE OF LOSS March 28, 1943
	REGION Central Pacific	CAMPAIGN / AREA Johnston Island	CASUALTY TYPE Non-battle death
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LOSS Captain Thomas Shobbrook was the commanding officer of the 24th Provisional Marine Company, a garrison unit stationed on Johnston Island. He was granted leave in February 1943, and traveled back the the United States for a precious few days. On 28 March 1943, Captain Shobbrook boarded an Army B-24 in Oahu, bound for Johnston Island. The aircraft ran into a violent storm, and disappeared from friendly radar while 75 miles north of Johnston Island. Rescuers found only an oil slick and some small pieces of floating debris. The entire crew, plus Captain Shobbrook, were assumed to have gone down with the plane.
INDIVIDUAL DECORATIONS —	LAST KNOWN RANK Captain	STATUS OF REMAINS Lost at sea	MEMORIALS Honolulu Memorial

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	Flight roster of B-24 D #41-24179, “Satan’s Kite” 333^rd Bomb Group / 372^nd Bombardment Squadron 28 March 1943. (MACR 15063)
Pilot	1Lt. Raymond C. Kukoski	Stambaugh, MI
Copilot	2Lt. Max W. Rentsch	Minneapolis, MN
Navigator	2Lt. Robert H. Wellman	Culver City, CA
Asst. Navigator	Cadet Carl W. H. Lindberg	Oceanside, NY
Bombardier	2Lt. Richard M. Leathers	Siskiyou, CA
Engineer	TSGT William G. Saxe	Gerber, CA
Aerial Engineer	SSGT Herbert R. Green	Boyne City, MI
Radio	TSGT Gladney G. Zumwalt	Nogales, NM
Gunner	SSGT Walter J. Coleman	Chicago, IL
Passenger	Capt. Thomas H. Shobbrook	Harvey, IL