Seaman Second Class Samuel Joseph Marsh of Grafton, a crewman on the U.S.S. Houston was wounded on February 4, 1942. He was placed in a hospital on the island of Java which was soon attacked. He and 400 other patients were taken on the oil tanker, the U.S.S. Pecos to go to Australia but the ship was bombed and sank on March 2nd.
Seaman Marsh was listed as missing until December 15, 1945 when he was declared to be dead.
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