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Herbert Jefferson Glasgow was serving on the Merchant Ship John A. Poor at the time of his death. His body was never recovered.
From UBoat.net:
At 19.45 hours on 19 March 1944 the John A. Poor (Master Francis Wallace Dulac) was hit by two torpedoes from U-510 in the Arabian Sea. The ship had been in a coastwise convoy, but left convoy at 21.45 hours on 18 March and sailed independently on a zigzag course at 12 knots. The first torpedo struck on the starboard side between #4 and #5 holds. The explosion blew off the #4 hatch cover and created a hole about 12 feet in diameter in the deck. The second struck in the #5 hold. The vessel immediately listed to starboard and settled rapidly, sinking within two minutes.
No lifeboats could be launched, only the four rafts cleared the ship. Nearly half of the eight officers, 35 crewmen and 30 armed guards (the ship was armed with two 3in and eight 20mm guns) went down with the ship, including the master. One officer, 17 crewmen and 21 armed guards reached three rafts, lashed them together and rigged a sail.
The survivors were picked up on 22 March by the British steam merchant Fort Walsh and landed at Colombo, Ceylon, four days later.
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