Sailor: Othar Lee Kirtley
Rank when arriving on the Boston: Seaman 1st Class (S1c)
Enlisted on: 1941-01-04 at: Little Rock, AK
Navy Id Number: 3468931
Number of days on USS Boston: 863
Date sailor reported to the Boston: 1943-06-30 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor arrival: R/S Boston, Mass
Date sailor left from the Boston: 1943-10-20 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor departure: To R/S Boston MA after being AOL from 0730 16 Oct 1943
Date sailor reported to the Boston: 1944-05-13 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor arrival: From R/S Pearl Harbor HI
Date sailor left from the Boston: 1946-06-03 | See Original Document
Notes on sailor departure: RS Seattle Washington
Promotions for this sailor
1945-04-01 Promotion to: Coxswain (Cox) | See Original Document Comments:1945-10-01 Promotion to: Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class (BM2c) | See Original Document Comments:
Discipline for this Sailor
No Discipline records for this Sailor aboard the Boston
Personnel Notes for this Sailor
Was recorded in Sept 1943 Muster | See Original DocumentWas recorded in June 1944 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in September 1944 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in December 1944 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in March 1945 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in January 1946 Muster | See Original Document
Was recorded in April 1946 Muste |r See Original Document
Deck Log Notes for this sailor
Milestones for this sailor
Was present at Commissioning and is a Plank OwnerParticipated in attacks on the MARCUS ISLANDS 19-20 May and the attack on WAKE ISLAND on 23 May 1944
Participated in the engagement and rout of a major Japanese task force in the waters east of the Philippines during the period 17-21 June 1944
Participated in the attacks on GUAM and ROTA ISLANDS (Marianas Group) on 11-13 June,
and the attacks on IWO JIMA, CHICHI JIMA, and HAHA JIMA (Bonin Island group) on 15-16 June 1944
Participated in the attacks on PAGAN ISLANDS and IWO JIMA (Bonin Island group) on 23-24 June 1944
Participated in bombardment of IWO JIMA on 4 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on GUAM and ROTA during the period 6-20 July 1944,
and subsequently in operations in support of the invasion of GUAM during the period 21-22 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on PALAU ISLANDS during the period 25-27 July 1944
Participated in the attacks on PALAU ISLANDS during the period 6-8 September 1944
Participated in the attacks on CELEBES ISLANDS and the operations in support of the landing on MOROTAI ISLANDS during the period 15-16 September 1944
Participated in the attacks LUZON during the period 21-22 September 1944 and the attacks on the VISAYAN GROUP (Philippine Islands) on 24 September 1944
Participated in the attacks on NANSEI SHOTO ISLANDS on 10 October 1944