VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

    Brazil Maru

    8 honorees
    CDR GEORGE M. BROOKE, USN

    George Brooke

    Class of 1921
    Commander | US Navy
    February 28, 1945 (46 years old)
    KIA Pacific Corregidor USS Luzon (PR 7) Enoura Maru Brazil Maru WWII Navy Cross POW Oryoku Maru
    CAPT FRANCIS J. BRIDGET, USN

    Francis Bridget

    Class of 1921
    Captain | US Navy
    January 23, 1945 (47 years old)
    KIA Pacific Corregidor Bataan Enoura Maru Brazil Maru Patrol Wing 10 WWII Ship Navy Cross Legion of Merit Silver Star Oryoku Maru POW Ship Namesake
    LT ROBERT H. G. JOHNSON, USN

    Robert Johnson

    Class of 1924
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    January 22, 1945 (44 years old)
    KIA Pacific Corregidor Enoura Maru Brazil Maru 16th Naval District WWII Ship Silver Star Oryoku Maru POW
    LTCOL MAX W. SCHAEFFER, USMC

    Max Schaeffer

    Class of 1928
    Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps
    January 29, 1945 (39 years old)
    KIA Pacific Brazil Maru 4th Marines WWII POW Oryoku Maru USNA 5th Company
    LTCOL JOHN J. HEIL, USMC

    John Heil

    Class of 1928
    Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps
    January 19, 1945 (39 years old)
    KIA Pacific Enoura Maru Brazil Maru 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines WWII POW Oryoku Maru USNA 1st Company
    LT CHARLES J. WESCHLER, USN

    Charles Weschler

    Class of 1932
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    January 16, 1945 (35 years old)
    KIA Pacific 16th Naval District Brazil Maru WWII Ship POW Oryoku Maru USNA 6th Company
    MAJ ROBERT B. MOORE, USMC

    Robert Moore

    Class of 1936
    Major | US Marine Corps
    January 15, 1945 (30 years old)
    KIA Pacific 4th Marines Brazil Maru WWII Ship Silver Star POW Oryoku Maru USNA 3rd Company
    CAPT JOHN S. FANTONE, USMC

    John Fantone

    Class of 1939
    Captain | US Marine Corps
    February 10, 1945 (28 years old)
    KIA Pacific Corregidor 1st Battalion, 4th Marines Brazil Maru WWII Ship Silver Star Oryoku Maru POW USNA 12th Company