In Memory Of

KORKOLAINAN, EINO

Service Details
Age:
 22
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Service No:
 219569
Rank:
 Able Seaman
Unit:
 Robin Goodfellow
Regiment:
 United States Merchant Marine
Date of Death:
 1944-07-25
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.
Commemoration
Cemetery:
 DIED AT SEA
Country:
 Lost at Sea
Additional Information
Citations:
 ***Not yet accepted for War Grave Status by CWGC, need service file
Of 19 Mead Way, Pinelands, Cape Town, South Africa