OBITUARY INFORMATION FROM FIND-A-GRAVE WEBSITE:
BIRTH: 5 Aug 1920, Gary, Lake County, Indiana, USA
DEATH: 3 Dec 1944 (aged 24), Philippines
MEMORIAL SITE*
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
* A structure erected in honor of someone whose remains lie elsewhere.
PLOT: Tablets of the Missing
MEMORIAL Id: 56761404
KILLIGREW, JEREMIAH JOHN, Lieutenant Junior Grade (no. O-227176), USS Cooper, US Navy Reserve, †03/12/1944
Mother, Mrs. Alvina Marie Killigrew, 151 Michigan Ave., Hobart, Ind.
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USS COOPER
On December 3rd, 1944, destroyer engagement in Ormoc Bay, a large bay at the island of Leyte in the Philippines, that began late the previous night continued. Destroyer Cooper (DD-695) is sunk, possibly by torpedo from escort destroyer Kuwa, but not before Cooper, along with Allen M. Sumner (DD-692) and Moale (DD-693), sinks Kuwa and damages her sistership Take. "Black Cat" PBY-5A picks up Cooper's survivors that night and the next day. One PBY carries 56 in addition to its 8-man crew.
Inscription: KILLIGREW JEREMIAH J - LIEUTENANT (JG) - USNR - INDIANA
This information and picture were obtained from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56761404/jeremiah-john-killigrew.