Project 888
Name: Albert KOEGLER
Rank / Rating: S1-Seaman First ClassService #: 613 39 58 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 Spouse: Children: Grandchildren: Bio Submitted By: Carl Fahnestock (Admin) |
 KOEGLER, Albert |
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 Seaman First Class Albert Koegler was a twin brother to Ship's Cook Third Class William Koegler. Albert and William came aboard 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 Albert Koegler and his twin brother William 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.
William Koegler
Ralph A. Priestle
Paul J. Gottmann
Edward G. Halloran
Paul J. Mauntel
Joseph W. Long
Jerome C. Neuman
Ralph J. Helscher
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