USS Indianapolis CA-35
Lost At Sea

Name: William KOEGLER
Rank / Rating: SC3-Ship's Cook Third Class
Service #: 613 39 59
DOB: Jan 26, 1925
From: Cincinnati, OH
Parents: Mrs. Martha Koegler
Went Aboard: Sep 01, 1943
Age When Ship Went Down: 20 years, 6 months, 4 days
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Bio Submitted By: Carl Fahnestock (Admin)
Date Posted: Jul 30, 2025

Ship's Cook Third Class William Koegler was a twin brother to Seaman First Class Albert Koegler. William and Albert had come on board USS Indianapolis CA-35 on September 1, 1943. Both men were serving on board Indianapolis when the ship was sunk on July 30, 1945. Both men enlisted in 1943 when they were seniors in Wyoming High School and both were graduated in absentia. They leave a brother, Henry and a sister, Mrs. Eleanor Hossack. See below to review a Cincinnati Enquirer Newspaper Article ("Eight Seamen Declared Dead; With Crew Of Indianapolis; Fate of Ninth Undisclosed"). The article mentions William Koegler and his twin brother Albert along with seven other men from Hamilton County who were all Lost at Sea with the sinking of USS Indianapolis CA-35 on July 30, 1945. Albert Koegler Ralph A. Priestle Paul J. Gottmann Edward G. Halloran Paul J. Mauntel Joseph W. Long Jerome C. Neuman Ralph J. Helscher