Lost at sea, 30 Apr 1944 William S. Thayer 7,176 torpeoded by U-307 Friedrich-Georg Herrle
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63...Please see Max E. Biela's memorial page complete with newspaper article notifying his widowed mother and postcards of the submarine on watch for Liberty ships... please click on the photos and read the captions to get the full impact.