AGUON, Gregorio San Nicholas - MAtt1/c USN - Guam

Gregorio San Nicholas Aguon MAtt1c
Gregorio San Nicholas Aguon
Mess Attendant First Class
Gregorio San Nicholas Aguon MAtt1c
G. S. N. AGUON
USS Arizona Memorial Wall
USS Arizona ROC
  • Name of Record: Gregorio San N. Aguon
  • Branch: United States Navy
  • Service Number: 421 03 48
  • Rate: Matt1/c (Mess Attendant First Class)
  • Flag Allowance CBD-1 (Commander Battleship Division ONE)
  • Duties: Serves food to officers and crew aboard ship. Prepares hot and cold drinks, and fruits, for serving, and sets tables for meals.
  • Enlisted: 12 December 1938
  • Place: NS Guam
  • Onboard USS Arizona: 18 November 1941
  • From: RS San Diego
  • Birth Name: Gregorio San Nicholas Aguon
  • Date of Birth: Abt. 1921
  • Place of Birth: Agana, Guam
  • School: Not Known
  • Hometown / State on December 1941: Agana, Guam
  • Next of Kin: Mr. Juan Torres Aguon - Father
  • Address: Lot 1158 San Nicholas Street, Agana, Guam
  • Parents: Juan Torres Aguon & Joaquin[a] Chargualaf San Nicolas Aguon
  • Disposition: Unrecoverable – Among the 900+ souls still onboard the USS Arizona
  • Posthumous Awards: Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal w/Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/Star, WWII Victory Medal

Service information from the Vincent J. Vlach, USN Ret., (USS Arizona Survivor & Ship's Historian) and I. B. Nease, USNR Ret., (USS Arizona Historian) Collections [Privately Held Collections]
Photo Contributed by USS Arizona Mall Memorial at the University of Arizona
Other Information, Documents, and/or Photos provided by N. A. Nease [Privately Held Collection]
Report of Changes: National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID: 594996; Series MLR Number: A1 135
Information researched and compiled by N. A. Nease.
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