The Submarine Rescue Ship USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
was sunk on May 4, 1942, by a dive bomber while her crew was
ashore assisting in the defense
of Bataan and Corregidor. At least sixteen of her crew died in the Philippine
Islands, during transport to POW camps in Japan, or in the camps
themselves.
The listing below may be incomplete.
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.
| Name | Photo | |
| 1 | Fred Erven Branchaud | Yes |
| 2 | Laverne Andrew Buchenau | Yes |
| 3 | Frank Alfred Davis | Yes |
| 4 | Robert Thomas Duncan | Yes |
| 5 | Herbert Wayne Grizzard | Yes |
| 6 | Anthony Aralio Gutierrez | Needed |
| 7 | Myron Lewis Jenkins | Needed |
| 8 | Frederick Winthrope MacDonald | Needed |
| 9 | George Robert Mitchell | Yes |
| 10 | Denzel Eddy Muggy | Yes |
| 11 | James Melvin Myler | Yes |
| 12 | John Wesley Naugle | Yes |
| 13 | Jim Bob Phifer | Yes |
| 14 | Ralph Lowell Smith | Yes |
| 15 | Howard Griffith Thomas | Needed |
| 16 | Joseph Hill Wise | Needed |
The following USS Pigeon crew members survived Prisoner of War camp. This list may also be incomplete.
| 1 | Edgar Chester Abbey |
| 2 | Leopoldo F. Abeug |
| 3 | Ivon John Bailey |
| 4 | James A. Barkley |
| 5 | Madimino Barra |
| 6 | Wallace A. Barton |
| 7 | Martin Binder |
| 8 | Richard L. Bolster |
| 9 | Joseph L. Boudolph |
| 10 | Herbert G. Breckenfeld |
| 11 | Knox A. Buchanan |
| 12 | Eldon L. Byerly |
| 13 | Carl Anian Carlson, Jr. |
| 14 | Clifford H. Christian |
| 15 | Gordon W. Davidson |
| 16 | Moises DeGuzman |
| 17 | Herman Godfrey Deitz, Jr. |
| 18 | James L. Dorsey |
| 19 | Charlie Windfred Dowdy |
| 20 | Kenneth J. Epping |
| 21 | Frederick William Feilzer |
| 22 | Pablo C. Garcia |
| 23 | Charles S. Giglio |
| 24 | David Glennon |
| 25 | Percy Wilmet Groom, Jr. |
| 26 | Lewis William Hart |
| 27 | Fred Heinz |
| 28 | Robert A. Hill |
| 29 | Pritchard R. Hoggard |
| 30 | Norman R. Johnson |
| 31 | Joseph F. Latch |
| 32 | Charles F. LeComte |
| 33 | Walton Long |
| 34 | Richard N. Lukins |
| 35 | Phillip L. Mann |
| 36 | Lindell B. McCain |
| 37 | George W. McCollough |
| 38 | James A. McEvoy |
| 39 | Glen E. Michels |
| 40 | William J. Middleton |
| 41 | Harley R. Moon |
| 42 | James Moural, Jr. |
| 43 | Ray Albert Olechno |
| 44 | Cooper Pittman |
| 45 | Narciso Porras |
| 46 | James Orval Peters |
| 47 | Donald M. Prelip |
| 48 | Theodore F. Provost |
| 49 | Earl Woolsey Rector |
| 50 | Rollin Maurice Reed |
| 51 | William Arthur Selby |
| 52 | Bert Loraine Smith |
| 53 | Morris Solomon |
| 54 | Henry M. Stalls |
| 55 | Lewis I. Stockton |
| 56 | Grenville C. Stone |
| 57 | Floyd V. Symons |
| 58 | Walter Ray Tennant |
| 59 | Max Howard Watson |
| 60 | Leo H. Weber |
| 61 | James Oran Wise |
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