Jacob Absolem Eckols

1922 - 1944  (21 Jahre)

• Name	Jacob Absolem Eckols
  Geburt	16 Nov 1922	Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas, USA
  Geschlecht	männlich
  Datensatzidentnummer	MH:I178220
  _UID	6187c1e6b94ce1eca906309c23d6b1d3
  _UPD	7 NOV 2021 13:10:45 GMT+1
  Tod	20 Apr 1944	At Sea Cape Bengut near Algier
  Personen-Kennung	I178220	Fritztree
  Zuletzt bearbeitet am	29 Jul 2024

  
  

  Vater	Eugene Earl Eckols, Sr.,   geb. 2 Dez 1901, Kenedy, Karnes County, Texas, USA gest. 4 Jan 1976, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, USA (Alter 74 Jahre)
  Mutter	Hilda Martin,   geb. 6 Jul 1903, Texas, USA gest. 12 Feb 1984, Kerrville, Kerr County, Texas, USA (Alter 80 Jahre)
  Datensatzidentnummer	MH:F63156
  _UID	6187c1a8b94ce1eca906309c23d6b1d3
  Familien-Kennung	F63156	Familienblatt  |  Familientafel

  
  

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• Notizen

  On her fifth voyage the S.S. Paul Hamilton left Hampton Roads, Virginia on April 2, 1944 as part of convoy UGS 38, carrying supplies and the ground personnel of the 485th Bombardment Group and the 5th Reconnaissance Group of the United States Army Air Forces to Italy. On the evening of April 20th the Hamilton and other ships in the convoy were attacked 30 miles (48 km) in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Cape Bengut near Algiers by 23 German Ju 88 bombers. One aerial torpedo struck the Paul Hamilton and detonated the cargo of high explosives and bombs, and the ship and crew disappeared within 30 seconds. A total of approximately 580 men where lost.