Peter Tomich-Chardon, OH
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Don.Morfe
N 41° 35.575 W 081° 16.225
17T E 477462 N 4604615
World War II Medal of Honor Recipient for action on the USS Utah during the attack on Pearl Harbor, HI on December 7, 1941. He was killed in action. His remains were never located and he has a cenotaph marker in All Souls Cemetery, Chardon, OH
Waymark Code: WM17BAK
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 01/18/2023
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He was born on June 3, 1893 in Croatia and died on December 7, 1941 in Pearl Harbor, HI. His remains were never located and he has a cenotaph marker in All Souls Cemetery, Chardon, OH. The marker is located at the base of the United States Flag pole in Section 23 of the cemetery.
His Medal of Honor information and citation is: *TOMICH, PETER
• Rank and organization: Chief Watertender, U.S. Navy
Citation: For distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, and extraordinary courage and disregard of his own safety, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor by the Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. Although realizing that the ship was capsizing, as a result of enemy bombing and torpedoing, Tomich remained at his post in the engineering plant of the U.S.S. Utah, until he saw that all boilers were secured and all fireroom personnel had left their stations, and by so doing lost his own life.
Armed Service: Navy
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