Herbert Hugo Menges

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Randolph Mitchell Holder
January 20, 1917(1917-01-20) – December 7, 1941 (aged 24)
Place of birth	Louisville, Kentucky
Place of death	Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Navy
Years of service	1939–1941
Rank	Ensign
Unit	Torpedo Squadron 6 (VT-6)
Battles/wars	Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

Herbert Hugo Menges, born in Louisville, Kentucky 20 January 1917 enlisted in the Naval Reserve as seaman second class at Robertson, Missouri on 3 July 1939. Appointed naval aviator 24 July 1940 he was assigned to Squadron 6 on USS Enterprise (CV-6) 28 November 1940. Ensign Menges was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.

In 1943, the destroyer escort USS Menges (DE-320) was named in his honor.

[edit] References

This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

• Menges. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Retrieved on March 19, 2007.