The following men were lost while serving on USS Herring (SS-233).
Please note: On June 1, 2026, the US Navy officially confirmed the identification of the final resting place of the crew of USS Herring (SS-233). Original reports of the discovery off the coast of Matua Island in Russian territorial waters were made by the Russian Navy in 2017 and reported to the U.S. delegation at the Joint 21st Plenum U.S.-Russian Joint Commission on POW/MIAs in 2018.
For information and photos of the wreck, please see The Discovery of the Wreck of USS Herring (SS-233) on this site, and Wreck Site Identified as USS Herring (external site) for the press release from NHHC.
If you are a relative or a friend of any man lost on this boat, please contact us.
Click on a man's name to go to his personal memorial page on this site. Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in the column at right.
For a brief history of the boat, please see The Loss of USS Herring.
For information on the ships that Herring sank, please see Herring Sinkings.
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| 75 | Allan Wilson Twigg | Yes |
| 76 | Van Harlan VanMatre | Yes |
| 77 | Leroy Moroney Vreeland | Yes |
| 78 | George Edward Wagoner | Yes |
| 79 | Carman Duncan Walker | Yes |
| 80 | John Robert Walsh | Yes |
| 81 | Kenneth Karl Way | Yes |
| 82 | Howard Ray Wilson | Yes |
| 83 | Elmer Christian Wuertele | Yes |
| 84 | David Zabriskie, Jr. | Yes |
*Louis Hill Jones died in non-sinking event.
Note: Research clearly shows that Herring
crew member Clyde D. Fleming was not aboard the boat on her final
patrol. He transferred off Herring on 20
May 1944, and survived the War. He was serving on USS Louisville (CA-28) when the War ended, and served on numerous other vessels in the Navy until at least 1954. He is not listed in NARA, Navy Casualty, DPAA, ABMC, or on the COMSUBPAC
page. Sources: muster rolls of USS Herring and USS Louisville. He died on 11 March 1993. Origin of discrepancy (84 men lost with the boat, not including Louis Hill Jones) found in Sub Losses (1946 and 1963), and in Christley.
How to Submit Photos and Information
The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II assigned USS Herring (SS-233)
to the State of Alabama.
Plaque overlooking site of Herring's loss at Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, Kuriles.
Photo courtesy of
Evgeniy Vereschaga.
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