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Seaman John G. Zaia
U.S. Merchant Marine






Sources:
- American Legion Post 146, Winthrop, Mass.
- Ships hit by U-boats: Harry Luckenbach, American Steam merchant - uboat.net
- 39 Massachusetts Merchant Marine Seamen Missing - Boston Globe, 5/17/1943
- Winthrop Couple Lose Second Son in Seven Months - Boston Globe, 11/5/1943
- 114 War Dead from Bay State on way to U.S. - Boston Globe, 2/10/1948
- Merchant Mariners killed on U.S. operated ships during World War II, Last name begins with "X" "Y" "Z" - American Merchant Marine at War
- John Guy Zaia - The United States Navy Memorial

John G. Zaia - U.S. Merchant Marine, WWII - was an Able Body Seaman lost at sea March 17, 1943. His ship, the SS Luckenbach, was torpedoed by German submarine U91 in the North Atlantic. There were no survivors. The ship was loaded with munitions. It was hit by two torpedoes and sunk in four minutes. Three lifeboats got away, but the convoy could not stop to pick up survivors. His brother Vincent Zaia was killed by accident in Australia shortly after his ship had delivered a load of munitions.
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Winthrop High School Class of 1939 - Echo Yearbook
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