UDTs Scoggins, F.P.

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  • SURNAME
Scoggins ​
  • FORENAME
F.P. ​
  • UNIT
U.S.N.R. UDT-9 ​
  • RANK
Storekeeper First Class ​
  • NUMBER
8473300 ​
  • DATE OF DEATH
12th January 1945 ​
  • AGE
32​
  • GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery, Philippines Tablets of the Missing ​
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Leesville, Louisiana​
born 19.03.1912 Vernon Parish, Louisiana, USA​
father Austin F. Scoggins (1889-1954)​
mother Madeline B. (nee Key) Scoggins (1895-1979)​
wife Tressie (nee Keel) (1918-1996)​
son F.P. Scoggins, Jr. (1935-2015), Don Austin (1939-2020)​
award Bronze Star (Leyte Island, 19.10.1944)​
killed on USS Belknap at Linguyen Gulf - kamikaze ​
Pine Hills Cemetery, Leesville, Louisiana, USA (Memorial)​
 

DATE OF DEATH:

12-Jan-1945

AWARD:

https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/scoggins-f-p.60338/

CITATION:

Bronze Star : For heroic service as machine gunner of a landing craft of a reconnaissance platoon, Underwater Demolition Team 9, engaged in a daylight reconnaissance of landing beaches and beach defences of enemy Japanese forces on Leyte Island, Oct. 19, 1944. Unwavering in the face of a barrage of machinegun and rifle fire concentrated upon his craft from the island, Scoggins relentlessly delivered accurate fire on designated targets on the beach, contributing materially to the safety of other members of his platoon swimming toward the shore. His skill and intrepidity were instrumental in enabling his platoon to succeed in its hazardous mission, and his outstanding devotion to duty reflects the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.

WEB LINKS:

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29155533/f-p-scoggins (Memorial)

FINDAGRAVE:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56763298/f-p-scoggins
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CLASS 29 UDT SEAL
CLASS 29 UDT SEAL
By John Carl Roat
F.P. Scoggins

This is my grandfather. I have researched his death and learned the following from naval archives and shipmates who visited my grandmother after the war. The men of UDT-9 serving on the Belknap were leaving the Lingayen Gulf off the Philippines after recon of Orange beach. A japanese plane dove from high in the sky and skimmed the top of the water headed towards the Belknap. My grandfather along with other UDT-9 men jumped in a boat carried alongside the Belknap which was used to drop the swimmers in the water with. These boast were armed with machine guns. My grandfather was manning one of the guns shooting at the jap plane when in crashed directly on his position. His body along with others was never recovered. he was listed as MIA and later announced KIA along with the other men. I believe there were 23 UDT-9 men killed in that attack.

F P Scoggins III Houston, Texas
frank@scoggins.com
 
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