Carl Elbert Hancock FACKRELL^[1]

1922 - 1943  (21 years)

• Name	Carl Elbert Hancock FACKRELL
  Born	20 Jan 1922	Boise, Ada, Idaho
  Gender	Male
  Military Event	WWII - US Navy - USS Dorado: Signalman 1st Class
  Military Flag	Y
  Died	12 Oct 1943	At sea
  Person ID	I28778	Main
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	Joseph Hancock FACKRELL,   b. 6 Aug 1884, Orderville, Kane, Utah ,   d. 15 Mar 1943, Boise, Ada, Idaho  (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Fannie Irene BRUNO,   b. 12 Dec 1895, Boise, Ada, Idaho ,   d. 18 Jun 1932, Boise, Ada, Idaho  (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F9918	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Service Number: 05540501; Served aboard a submarine. Was sunk, possibly by US forces. ----- Dorado, a newly commissioned submarine, under Lieutenant Commander E.C. Schneider, sailed from New London, Connecticut, on 6 October 1943 for Panama. She did not arrive at Panama nor was she heard from at any time after sailing. The Commander in Chief, United States Fleet in his comments concerning the Court of Inquiry covering the case, lists three possible causes for the loss of Dorado: operational casualties, enemy action, and attack by friendly forces. The standard practice of imposing bombing restrictions within an area of fifteen miles on each side of the course of an unescorted submarine making passage in friendly waters and fifty miles ahead and one hundred miles astern of her scheduled position was carried out and all concerned were notified. A convoy was so routed as to pass through the bombing and attack restriction area surrounding Dorado on the evening of 12 October 1943, assuming correct navigation and adherence to schedule by both. A patrol plane which was assigned by Commandant, Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo to furnish air coverage on the evening of 12 October, received faulty instructions as to the location of the bombing and attack restriction area surrounding Dorado and at 2049, local time, the plane delivered a surprise attack of three depth charges on an unidentified submarine. About two hours later, the plane sighted another submarine with which it attempted to exchange recognition signals without success. This submarine fired upon the plane. A German submarine was known to be operating near the scene of these two contacts. Because of the lack of evidence, the Court of Inquiry was unable to reach definite conclusions as to the cause of the loss of Dorado. (DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060)

  
  

• Sources

  [S44] Orcutt_001 gedcom file, Robert Waddell.