Herbert Hugo Menges, born in Louisville, Kentucky 20 January 1917 enlisted in the Naval Reserve as seaman second class at Robertson, Missouri on 3 July 1939. Appointed naval aviator 24 July 1940 he was assigned to Squadron 6 on USS Enterprise (CV-6) 28 November 1940. Ensign Menges was killed during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor 7 December 1941.