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My grandfather was serving on board the Rohna and was KIA. His name was Walter D. Sloat, 2nd LT in the SC unit (31st Signal Construction Battalion). Previous to the military enlistment, he had worked at the telephone company in Connecticut.
He left behind a wife (Camilla Baxter, Rowayton, CT) and two children, a son (Marshall Sloat) aged 7 and my mother (Camilla Sloat), aged 2.
My mother was not allowed to ask questions, or talk about her father; all photos were removed, and he was essentially a "non-person". It was hardest on my uncle Marshall, who clearly remembered his father, but was told to not ask any questions.
My grandmother Camilla essentially emotionally shut down; she never remarried, and never spoke of her deceased husband again as far as I know. She was a sweet lady, a schoolteacher at the Rowayton, CT Elementary school, but sad.