Frederick H. Gehrig

Rank: Gunner’s Mate Third Class, U.S. Navy

Serial: 02437932

Unit: USS Atlanta CL-51

Entered service from: New Jersey

Died: November 13, 1942

Missing in action or buried at sea. Listed on the Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines.

Awards: Purple Heart

Gunner’s Mate Third Class Frederick Gehrig, 24, of 16 South Harley Avenue, Gloucester City, New Jersey, was killed when his vessel engaged the enemy in the South Pacific. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Gehrig, and a graduate of Gloucester High School, class of 1936. Frederick Gehrig enlisted in the Navy on November 23, 1940. He had last written his parents on November 1, 1942. His death was reported in the Camden Courier-Post on Tuesday, January 5, 1943.