Service Details
Name:
 ZELM
Given Name:
 HAROLD CHARLES
Initials:
 H C
Service No:
 85141
Rank:
 Radio Officer
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Regiment:
 United States Merchant Marine
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Unit:
 Robin Goodfellow
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-25
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Date of Birth:
 1911-01-26
Age:
 33
Cause of Death:
 En route, Cape Town (16 Jul) - Bahia, Brazil - New York. At 02.12 hours on 25 Jul, 1944, the unescorted Robin Goodfellow (Master Bjarne Bjornsgaard) was torpedoed and sunk by U-862 in the South Atlantic. The British motor merchant Priam received a distress signal, but none of the eight officers, 33 crewmen and 27 armed guards (the ship was armed with one 4in, one 3in and five 20mm guns) survived.
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Additional
Information:
Son of John W. and Emma Zelm. Husband of Marjorie Eileen Zelm, of Cape Town, South Africa. Born Sussex, Virginia, USA
Commemoration
Country:
 Lost at Sea
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Cemetery:
 DIED AT SEA
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