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Charles Kleinsmith
Charles Kleinsmith (September 28, 1904 – June 4, 1942) was a petty officer in the United States Navy who was missing and presumed dead in action during the Battle of Midway in World War II.
==Biography==
Charles Kleinsmith was born on September 28, 1904 in Zionsville, Pennsylvania. He enlisted in the United States Navy on October 26, 1922 as an apprentice seaman. Until honorably discharged on October 5, 1926 as fireman second class, he served on board several ships, including the battleships ''Wyoming'' (BB-32) and ''Maryland'' (BB-46).
Kleinsmith reenlisted in the Navy on December 20, 1928, and during the next 11 years he had duty on board the light cruisers USS ''Milwaukee'' (CL-5) and USS ''Cincinnati'' (CL-6), the heavy cruiser USS ''Portland'' (CA-33), and the light cruiser USS ''Honolulu'' (CL-48). He reported aboard the aircraft carrier USS ''Saratoga'' (CV-3) on December 27, 1939, and transferred to the aircraft carrier USS ''Yorktown'' (CV-5) on October 31, 1940. He achieved the rank of chief watertender.
During the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942, Chief Watertender Kleinsmith maintained auxiliary power on ''Yorktown'' after an intense Japanese bombing attack extinguished the fires in all of her boilers but one. Despite the stifling fumes, intense heat, and imminence of explosion, he performed courageously, enabling the aircraft carrier to attain the speed necessary for launching planes to oppose a Japanese aerial torpedo attack. At the end of the attack, Kleinsmith was missing and presumed dead.
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