The Submarine Rescue Ship USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
was sunk on May 4, 1942, by a dive bomber while her crew was
ashore assisting in the defense
of Bataan and Corregidor. At least six of her crew died in the Philippine
Islands, during transport to POW camps in Japan, or in the camps
themselves.
The listing below is probably incomplete.
Click on a man's name to go to his personal memorial page on this site. Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in the column at right.
| Name | Photo | |
| 1 | Fred Erven Branchaud | Yes |
| 2 | Laverne Andrew Buchenau | Needed |
| 3 | Frank Alfred Davis | Yes |
| 4 | Robert Thomas Duncan | Yes |
| 5 | Herbert Wayne Grizzard | Yes |
| 6 | Anthony Aralio Gutierrez | Needed |
| 7 | Myron Lewis Jenkins | Needed |
The following USS Pigeon crew members survived Prisoner of War camp. This list may be incomplete.
| 1 | Martin Binder |
| 2 | Carl Anian Carlson, Jr. |
| 3 | Gordon W. Davidson |
| 4 | Charlie Windfred Dowdy |
| 5 | Percy Wilmet Groom, Jr. |
| 6 | Lewis William Hart |
| 7 | Charles F. LeComte |
| 8 | Ray Albert Olechno |
| 9 | Earl Woolsey Rector |
| 10 | Rollin Maurice Reed |
| 11 | William Arthur Selby |
| 12 | Bert Loraine Smith |
| 13 | Max Howard Watson |
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