In Memory Of

ZELM, HAROLD CHARLES

Service Details
Age:
 33
Date of Birth:
 1911-01-26
Service No:
 85141
Rank:
 Radio Officer
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
Son of John W. and Emma Zelm. Husband of Marjorie Eileen Zelm, of Cape Town, South Africa. Born Sussex, Virginia, USA