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{{Infobox military person |
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|name = Maynard W. Tolberg |
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1904|2|17}} |
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|death_date = {{death date and age|1943|1|30|1904|2|17}} |
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|birth_place = [[North Branch, Minnesota|North Branch]], [[Minnesota]] |
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|death_place = [[Pacific Ocean]], near [[Guadalcanal]] |
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|placeofburial_label= Place of burial |
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|allegiance = [[United States|United States of America]] |
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|serviceyears = 1923–1927<br/>1942–1943 |
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|rank = [[Watertender]] Second Class |
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|branch = [[United States Naval Reserve]] |
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|unit = [[USS La Vallette (DD-448)|USS ''La Vallette'' (DD-448)]] |
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|battles = [[World War II]]<br/> |
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*[[Battle of Rennell Island]] |
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|awards = [[Navy Cross]] |
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'''Maynard W. Tollberg''' (1904–1943) was a [[United States Navy]] [[sailor]] killed in action during [[World War II]] who received a posthumous [[Navy Cross]] for his actions. |
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==Naval career== |
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Tollberg was born at [[North Branch, Minnesota|North Branch]], [[Minnesota]], on February 17, 1904. He [[Enlisted man|enlisted]] in the [[United States Naval Reserve]] on September 24, 1923 and was [[Honorable discharge|honorably discharged]] on September 15, 1927. |
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After the beginning of World War II, Tollberg reenlisted on June 23, 1942 with the same [[Naval rating|rating]]. He was assigned duty on board the [[destroyer]] [[USS La Vallette (DD-448)|USS ''La Vallette'' (DD-448)]]. |
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On the afternoon of January 30, 1943, during the second day of the [[Battle of Rennell Island]], ''La Vallette'' was screening the damaged [[heavy cruiser]] [[USS Chicago (CA-29)|USS ''Chicago'' (CA-29)]] when 11 [[Japan]]ese [[torpedo plane]]s attacked. ''La Vallette'' received a [[torpedo]] hit in her forward [[engine room]] which killed 22 members of the crew. |
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Watertender Second Class Tollberg, although fatally scalded by high-temperature [[steam]], painfully climbed up the [[fire room]] [[ladder]] and emerged on the main [[Deck (ship)|deck]] through a [[:wikt:hatch|hatch]] which had been blown open by the detonation. Despite severe [[pain]] and partial [[blindness]], he expended his dying strength trying to close the control [[valve]] through which [[fuel oil]] was pouring into the fireroom below, where a number of his helpless shipmates were trapped. Tollberg then collapsed and soon died of his wounds. |
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==Awards== |
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Watertender Second Class Tollberg was awarded the Navy Cross posthumously. |
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==Commemoration== |
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The U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS ''Tollberg'' (DE-593) was named for Watertender Second Class Tollberg. She was converted during construction into the [[high-speed transport]] [[USS Tollberg (APD-103)|USS ''Tollberg'' (APD-103)]], and was in [[Ship commissioning|commission]] as such from 1945 to `1946. |
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{{Portal|United States Navy}} |
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==References== |
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*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/t6/tollberg.htm}} |
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{{Persondata |
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|NAME= Tollberg, Maynard W. |
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|ALTERNATIVE NAMES= |
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|SHORT DESCRIPTION= [[United States Navy]] [[Navy Cross]] recipient |
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|DATE OF BIRTH= February 17, 1904 |
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|PLACE OF BIRTH= [[North Branch, Minnesota]] |
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|DATE OF DEATH= January 30, 1943 |
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|PLACE OF DEATH= [[Pacific Ocean]] near [[Guadalcanal]] |
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}} |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tollberg, Maynard W.}} |
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[[Category:United States Navy sailors]] |
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[[Category:Recipients of the Navy Cross]] |
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[[Category:American military personnel killed in World War II]] |
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[[Category:1904 births]] |
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[[Category:1943 deaths]] |
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[[Category:People from Chisago County, Minnesota]] |
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