Herbert Hugo Menges
Ensign Herbert Hugo Menges was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor of 7 December 1941.
Born in Louisville, Kentucky, at age 22 Menges enlisted in the Naval Reserve as seaman second class at Robertson, Missouri on 3 July 1939. He was appointed naval aviator on 24 July 1940, and assigned to Squadron 6 on USS Enterprise 28 November 1940.Legacy
In 1943, the destroyer escort USS Menges was named in his honor.
