Merchant Mariners killed on U.S. operated ships during World
War II
Last name begins with "V"
Home - home address of designated next of kin, not necessarily the person's
home town.
BWI=British West Indies
PI=Philippine Islands
PR=Ruerto Rico
VI=Virgin Islands
NWI=Netherlands West Indies
NatCem - American Battle Monuments Commission National Cemetery
A.B.=Able-Bodied Seaman
O.S.=Ordinary Seaman
F/W=Fireman/Watertender
Bosun=Boatswain
There are many inconsistencies in spelling, home towns, etc. among our sources. We include other spellings in brackets.
Please contact us with any additions or corrections. e-mail: usmm.org at comcast.net| Last | First | Ship | Date | Position | Home | Age |
| Våg | Gudmund Lund | El Lago | 10/11/42 | A.B. | Davik Norway | 21 |
| Vail | Leslie Gilson | Illinois | 06/02/42 | Radio Officer | Orient NY | Unknown |
| Vain | Thomas Filmore | Fort Lee | 11/02/44 | Wiper | Baltimore MD | 19 |
| Valavan | Gus | Jack | 05/27/42 | Refrig. Engr. | Unknown | Unknown |
| Valdes [Valdez] | Juan Francisco | Irenee Dupont | 03/17/43 | O.S. | Havana Cuba | Unknown |
| Valdez | Francisco | Winkler | 02/23/43 | 2nd Cook | Philadelphia PA | Unknown |
| Valdez | Pedro | Stephen Hopkins | 09/27/42 | Wiper | San Pabelion Spain | 51 |
| Valen | Leif Gunnar | Equipoise | 03/26/42 | A.B. | White Plains NY [Oslo Norway] | 36 |
| Valente | Karlo Angelo | J. H. Senior | 08/19/43 | Oiler/F | DENMARK | 29 |
| Valentin | Isidoro | Jeremiah Van Rensselaer | 02/02/43 | Utility | New York NY | Unknown |
| Valentine | Morris Francis | Sumner I. Kimball | 01/16/44 | Oiler | Portland ME | Unknown |
| Valenzuela | Antonio | Castilla | 06/06/42 | A.B. | Puerto Cortes Honduras | 52 |
| Valetsis | Nik | Andrea F. Luckenbach | 03/10/43 | F/W | Korfu Greece | Unknown |
| Vallianos | Nicolas | John A. Poor | 03/19/44 | F/W | Sefolonia Greece | 60 |
| Vallis | William Arthur | Harry Luckenbach | 03/17/43 | Oiler | Bayonne NJ | Unknown |
| Van Arnam | Clinton Eugene | James McKay | 12/08/42 | Oiler | Troy NY | Unknown |
| Van Artsdalen | Spencer Tomlinson | John A. Poor | 03/19/44 | O.S. | Leesburg NJ | Unknown |
| Van Brogen [Brogan] | Raymond | Caddo | 11/23/42 | A.B. | Oskaloosa IA | 27 |
| Van Cott | Harold Scales | West Lashaway | 08/30/42 | Radio Officer | Stapleton NY | Unknown |
| Van De Putte | Henry | El Occidente | 04/13/42 | Messman | Belgium | 40 |
| Van Den Brand | Jean | Buried North Africa NatCem | 08/05/43 | Unknown | NY | Unknown |
| Van Den Eynde | Marcel | El Occidente | 04/13/42 | A.B. | Belgium | 19 |
| Van Dendale | Leo Francis | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 11/07/42 | Radio Officer | Long Beach CA | Unknown |
| Van Der Zyden [Zijden ] | Arnoldus | Pink Star [former Danish Landby] | 09/19/41 | Messman | Rotterdam Holland | 19 |
| Van Dessel | Pierre | Lubrafol | 05/09/42 | 1st Engineer | Belgium | 43 |
| Van Etten | Philip | Buried North Africa NatCem | 04/22/42 | Unknown | NY | Unknown |
| Van Gansean | Frans | Winkler | 02/23/43 | A.B. | Belgium | Unknown |
| Van Lienden | Hendrikus | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Brooklyn NY | Unknown |
| Van Namee | Charles Henry | David H. Atwater | 04/02/42 | A.B. | Malden MA | Unknown |
| Van Pelt | Lewis Post | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 11/07/42 | Steward | Portland OR | Unknown |
| Van Pelt | Richard Andrew | Gulfamerica | 04/16/42 | Wiper | Charleston WV | 18 |
| Van Valkenberg | Ralph | Justine Foss Executed Wake Island | 10/07/43 | Chief Mate | Tacoma WA | Unknown |
| Van Wyngaarden | Peter R. | Saint Mihiel | 04/09/45 | O.S. | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vancure | Robert Charles | Louise Lykes | 01/09/43 | Engine Cadet | Youngstown OH | Unknown |
| Vandeberg | Joseph | Lubrafol | 05/09/42 | Messman | Belgium | 45 |
| Vandecar | Bennett | Nathaniel Hawthorne | 11/07/42 | Oiler | Marshfield OR | Unknown |
| Vandegriff | Edwin Hughes | Theodore Dwight Weld | 09/20/43 | F/W | Cincinnati OH | Unknown |
| Vanden Assem | Christian | Pillory | 06/05/44 | Unknown | Passaic NJ | 41 |
| Vander Velde | Charles | Bateau [former Italian Euro] | 03/29/42 | Oiler | Hoboken NJ | 44 |
| VanDerhoof | George Frederick | Richard Bland | 03/10/43 | Utility | Geneva NY | Unknown |
| Vanderhorst | Walter | City of Flint | 06/27/43 | Messman | Charlestown SC | Unknown |
| Vanderwoude | Jacobus Hermanus | Byron Benson | 04/04/42 | 3rd Mate | Plainfield NJ | Unknown |
| Vandewater | George Edward | Halo | 05/20/42 | Galleyman | Jersey City NJ | Unknown |
| Vanetta | Hamilton Lloyd | Joseph M. Cudahy | 05/05/42 | Wiper | Maple Shade NJ | Unknown |
| Varela | Jesus | La Salle | 11/07/42 | F/W | New York NY | Unknown |
| Varela | Jose | San Blas | 06/16/42 | Wiper | Honduras | 24 |
| Varga | Manuel | Altair | 11/21/43 | Messman | Unknown | Unknown |
| Varner | Marshall LeRoy | Caribsea | 03/11/42 | 2nd Engineer | Portsmouth VA | Unknown |
| Vasquez | Angel | Pompoon | 11/12/43 | Donkeyman | Colombia | Unknown |
| Vastra | Bernard | Granville | 03/12/43 | 2nd Engineer | Estonia | Unknown |
| Vaughan | John Francis | Mary Luckenbach | 09/13/42 | 2nd Engineer | Jamaica Plains MA | Unknown |
| Vaughan | Kenneth | Stephen Hopkins | 09/27/42 | 3rd Engineer | Oakland CA | 22 |
| Vaughan | Sebastian R. | Sixaola | 06/12/42 | Messman | New Orleans LA | Unknown |
| Vaught | Basil E. | Esso Bolivar | 03/07/42 | O.S. | USA | Unknown |
| Vazquez | Manuel | Angelina | 10/17/42 | Oiler | Plaza Ponce PR | Unknown |
| Vealie | Joseph Jordan | Lake Osweya | 02/20/42 | Oiler | West Englewood NJ | Unknown |
| Veatch | Emory Noel | Robert E. Hopkins | 02/07/43 | O.S. | Topeka KS | Unknown |
| Vega | Felix Lopez | Examelia/Zaandam | 11/02/42 | Utility | Ponce PR | Unknown |
| Vega | Lazarro | Norlavore | 02/24/42 | Messman | Astorga Spain | Unknown |
| Vega | Pedro Diaz | Coamo | 12/09/42 | Wiper | Brooklyn NY | Unknown |
| Vegas | Benjamin | Buried Manila NatCem | 03/20/46 | Unknown | CA | Unknown |
| Veiga | Henry | Coamo | 12/09/42 | Chief Cook | New York NY | Unknown |
| Veillon | Davis | Gulfland | 10/21/43 | Messman | Unknown | Unknown |
| Veira | Juan Antonia | Coamo | 12/09/42 | Refrig. Engr. | New York NY | Unknown |
| Velasquez | Jaime G. | Buried Rhone NatCem | 07/28/45 | Unknown | PR | Unknown |
| Velasquez | Pedro | Mariana | 03/05/42 | F/W | Ensenada PR | Unknown |
| Velez | Agustin [Augustin] | Tillie Lykes | 06/15/42 | O.S. | Santurce PR | Unknown |
| Velez | Guillermo O. | Cynthia Olson | 12/07/41 | Cook | Unknown | Unknown |
| Velez | Pedro | Arlyn | 08/28/42 | Oiler | Mayaguez PR | Unknown |
| Vena | Joseph Anthony | Astral | 12/02/41 | Wiper | Brooklyn NY | Unknown |
| Venieres | Michael | Steel Age | 03/07/42 | Bosun | Piraeus Greece | Unknown |
| Vennell | Clarence Elwood | Esso Williamsburg | 09/23/42 | O.S. | Philadelphia PA | Unknown |
| Vercammen | Louis | Chenango | 04/20/42 | Bosun | Belgium | 31 |
| Verdon | William Henry | Ohioan | 05/08/42 | 2nd Engineer | San Francisco CA | Unknown |
| Vergara | Pedro | C. J. Barkdull | 01/10/43 | Chief Steward | Unknown | Unknown |
| Verissimo | B. B. | Longtaker [Sessa] | 08/17/41 | Coal Passer | Portugal | 48 |
| Vermillion | Harry Daniel | Syros | 05/26/42 | A.B. | Upper Marlboro MD | Unknown |
| Vernon | Robert Louis | Bushranger | 05/31/42 | Chief Steward | Buffalo NY | Unknown |
| Verrett | Levy | Sixaola | 06/12/42 | Night Engineer | New Orleans LA | Unknown |
| Verrett | Spencer George | Alamar/Massmar | 07/05/42 | Steward | Baltimore MD | Unknown |
| Vicinus | Daniel Rupert | Examelia | 10/09/42 | F/W | Vineland NJ | Unknown |
| Vickerman | Charles Mordaunt | Velma Lykes | 06/04/42 | Radio Officer | Farrell PA | Unknown |
| Vickers | George Daniel | Liebre | 04/02/42 | A.B. | West Medford MA | Unknown |
| Vidal | Alfonso | USAT Royal T. Frank | 01/28/42 | Oiler | Unknown | Unknown |
| Videau | Roberto | Castilla | 06/06/42 | F/W | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vieira | Joseph | Mary Luckenbach | 09/13/42 | Bosun | New York NY | Unknown |
| Vieras | Julio Martinez | James McKay | 12/08/42 | Wiper | New York NY | Unknown |
| Vieter | Theodore W. | C. J. Barkdull | 01/10/43 | 3rd Mate | Perth Amboy NJ | Unknown |
| Viglione | Albert Peter | Pan Massachusetts | 02/19/42 | Messman | Lawrence MA | Unknown |
| Vik | Ole | Raceland | 03/28/42 | Cook | Jacksonville FL [Sandtorg Norway] | 19 |
| Vila | Joseph | Carrabulle | 05/26/42 | Pumpman | Baltimore MD | Unknown |
| Vila | Ramon | Cherokee | 06/15/42 | Waiter | Arto Rey PR | Unknown |
| Vilanova | Etbino | Steel Navigator | 10/19/42 | Jr. Engineer | Alexandria VA | Unknown |
| Vilar | Julius | Chenango | 04/20/42 | Coal Passer | New York NY | 29 |
| Vilarino | Manuel | West Ivis | 01/26/42 | A.B. | San Francisco CA | Unknown |
| Vilbasis | Frank Jr. | Pan Atlantic | 07/06/42 | Messman | Philadelphia PA | Unknown |
| Villa | Raymond T. | Cynthia Olson | 12/07/41 | A.B. | Unknown | Unknown |
| Villafana | Leovigildo | Balladier | 08/15/42 | Wiper | New York NY | Unknown |
| Villagran | Pantaleon | Louise Lykes | 01/09/43 | 2nd Engineer | Jersey City NJ | Unknown |
| Villajos [Villalos] | Pablo | Altair | 11/21/43 | A.B. | Unknown | Unknown |
| Villano | Robert Joseph | Penelope Barker | 01/25/44 | A.B. | Long Island City NY | Unknown |
| Villar | Ramon | Scottsburg | 06/15/42 | Oiler | New York NY | Unknown |
| Villegas | Jose | Cherokee | 06/15/42 | Messman | New York NY | Unknown |
| Vincent | Thomas George | Colabee | 03/12/42 | Oiler | South Ozone Park NY | Unknown |
| Vindel | Francisco | San Blas | 06/16/42 | Oiler | Honduras | 21 |
| Vineck | John | Samuel Huntington | 01/29/44 | A.B. | New York NY | Unknown |
| Vinson | Elmer Ellsworth Jr. | Puerto Rican | 03/09/43 | 3rd Engineer | San Francisco CA | Unknown |
| Viotto | Auguste Domingo | Gulfamerica | 04/16/42 | F/W | New York NY | Unknown |
| Viridakis | George | Lost in training | 12/12/42 | Cadet | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vissetti | John R. | William H. Welch | 02/26/44 | Messman | Unknown | Unknown |
| Vitacco | Anthony | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Mt. Carmel PA | Unknown |
| Vitalis | Vasilios | Ramapo | 02/16/42 | Cook | Matawan NJ | 29 |
| Vlachulis | Andrew H. | Pan Pennsylvania | 04/16/44 | Steward | New York NY | Unknown |
| Vliockos | John | Parismina | 11/18/42 | F/W | South Boston MA | Unknown |
| Voisine | Renard | Jacksonville | 08/30/44 | A.B. | Bingham ME | Unknown |
| Voliva | Daniel Benjamin | Rosario | 02/21/43 | A.B. | Vandemere NC | Unknown |
| Volkert | Earl Ray | W. L. Steed | 02/02/42 | Cook | St. Louis MO | Unknown |
| Vollmuth | Herman | West Lashaway | 08/30/42 | A.B. | Richmond Hill NY | Unknown |
| Von Dolteren | Anthony J. | James Oglethorpe | 03/16/43 | Utility | Savannah GA | Unknown |
| Von Pentz | Theodore | La Salle | 11/07/42 | Deck Engineer | Springfield Gardens NY | Unknown |
| Von Postel | Henry Walter | Allan Jackson | 01/19/42 | A.B. | Charlestown SC | 33 |
| Von Velasco | Josef [Joseph] | Illinois | 06/02/42 | Steward | Jersey City NJ | Unknown |
| Vonberg | William Ernest | Sumner I. Kimball | 01/16/44 | 1st Engineer | Newton MA | Unknown |
| Voss | Frank Henry | Rawleigh Warner | 06/23/42 | Steward | Port Arthur TX | 52 |
| Voss | Orlin Kenneth | Balladier | 08/15/42 | F/W | Arapahoe NE | Unknown |
| Vukadinovich | Sava | Scapa Flow | 11/14/42 | F/W | Yugoslavia | 47 |
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