MM1/c August Michael Demma
Born: 24 January 1924
Parents: Marena and Mary Ann Demma
Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 brothers
Hometown:
– 220 North Brown Avenue, Forest Park. Illinois
Education:
– Field Stevenson School
– Proviso Township High School
– Class of 1945
– left school 7 January 1942
– Diploma awarded posthumously – 6 June 1945
Enlisted:
– 12 January 1942 – Chicago, Illinois
– U.S. Navy
Serial Number: 3007380
Training:
– Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Rank: Machinist’s Mate First Class
Ship: U.S.S. Enterprise
– 27 March 1942 – 14 May 1945
Engagements:
– Battle of Midway – 4 June 1942 – 6 June 1942
– Guadalcanal Landings- 7 August 1942 – 9 August 1942
– Battle of Santa Cruz Island – 26 October 1942
– Battle of Philippine Sea – June 1944
– Battle of Leyte Gulf – 15 October 1945 – 19 October 1945
– Battle of Guadalcanal – 12 November 1942 – 15 November 1942
– Battle of Okinawa – 7 April 1945 – 12 April 1945
– Battle of Kyushu – 12 May 1945 – 14 May 1945
Killed in Action:
– 14 May 1945
– Japanese Kamikaze crashed into hanger elevator
– the elevator was blown into the air when a bomb exploded below deck
– compartment that August was in was closed off because of flooding
– August and 12 other naval personnel who were killed
– these were the last members of the Enterprise’s crew to die in WWII
Memorial:
– Honolulu Memorial Courts of the Missing
– National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific- Honolulu, Hawaii
Medals:
– Purple Heart
