Name: Raymond James KLEIN
Rank / Rating: S1-Seaman First Class
Service #: 852 27 26
DOB: Mar 11, 1910
From: Chicago, IL
Parents: Mr. & Mrs. James Klein
Went Aboard: Sep 01, 1943
Age When Ship Went Down: 35 years, 4 months, 19 days
Spouse: Marie Stachnik Klein
Children:
Grandchildren:
Bio Submitted By: Admin
Date Posted:

Burial at Sea Raymond was one of the twenty-eight crew members picked up and identified by USS Helm between Sunday August 5, 1945 to Monday August 6, 1945. It not being possible to bring Raymond aboard for the official Burial at Sea Ceremony he was reverently placed in a sea bag, weighted with two 5" shells and "committed to the deep" by his fellow seamen.