I have found some information for some of the individuals you list. For the most part what I have found comes from searches of the subscription website Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com). Other information comes from ConvoyWeb (http://www.convoyweb.org.uk/) and the American Merchant Marine at War (http://usmm.org/).
I hope it is useful.
Ron Carlson, Webmaster
Armed Guard / Merchant Marine website
www.armed-guard.com
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Paul L Hunsinger*
ESSO WILMINGTON
Arrived New York, 6 Oct 1943
SS PANAMAN
Arrived:
New York, 27 Nov 1943
New York, 27 Jan 1944
New York, 7 Apr 1944
New York, 2 Aug 1944
SS WAHOO SWAMP
Arrived New York, 30 Sep 1944
* Listed also as Paul Hunsinger and Paul Leonard Hunsinger
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Charles Ratz
SS ALCOA CUTTER
Arrived Boston, 20 Dec 1943
Arrived New York, 24 Feb 1944
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Charles E Walters
SS HORACE BINNEY
Arrived New York, 16 Aug 1944
SS WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Arrived New York, 12 May 1945
Also, according to http://armed-guard.com/wwww.html, Charles E Walters served in SS ANDREA LUCKENBACH, 12/42-3/10/43, and SS JOSEPH PULITZER, 5/43-1/44, as well as the above-named ships.
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Jules H. Bloch
No ship-related information, however an obituary at http://newsok.com/jules-bloch-jr./article/2661968 indicates this Jules Bloch was a U.S. Naval officer during World War II and was decorated by Russia. The obituary lists survivors.
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John T. McNaughton (ENS), listed as John Theodore McNaughton
SS HENRY WYNKOOP
Arrived New York, 09 Jul 1943
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Wesley N. Miller
In the book "War at Sea: A Naval History of World War II," there is a reference to a LT Wesley N. Miller, Armed Guard commander aboard SS SAINT OLAF, in convoy PQ-18 in September 1942. See http://books.google.com/books?id=9wqkVBuiCgEC&pg=PA312&lpg=PA312&dq=%22wesley+n+miller%22+%22world+war+ii%22&source=bl&ots=o86NcsF6Ib&sig=hnBpIGLJucHk70q4HuJrlXnB_QQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uSdLUb6kM8W90AGo-YGQDw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22wesley%20n%20miller%22%20%22world%20war%20ii%22&f=false
The same officer (identified as LT(jg)), ship and convoy are noted in the book "Heroes in Dungarees." See http://books.google.com/books?id=j7TV4KDPag8C&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107&dq=%22pq-18%22+%22miller%22&source=bl&ots=D3lkJ5pai2&sig=cwO2mXOePzMkvfNjIr6QgJGtZ1Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=MypLUdzNEYHj0gHotYHYDA&ved=0CFUQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=%22pq-18%22%20%22miller%22&f=false
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William D. Rutherford (LT), listed as William Douglas Rutherford
SS SANTA MARIA
Arrived New York, 7 Nov 1944
According to http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=1144550, birth and death dates for William Douglas Rutherford were:
Birth: Aug. 24, 1910
Death: Nov. 25, 1961
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Kenneth W. Tipping
A story written by ENS Kenneth W. Tipping of Maywood, NJ, appears in a Frederick, Maryland, newspaper dated 29 Oct 1942. In the story Tipping describes an attack on his ship, which sank, on a convoy to Russia. He does not identify the ship, the convoy or applicable dates. See http://search.ancestry.com/browse/view.aspx?dbid=7235&iid=NEWS-MD-FR_PO.1942_10_29_0010&rc=1167,367,1297,400;783,396,936,429;903,783,1048,816;1151,783,1317,816;5005,2350,5246,2400&pid=494236682&ssrc=&fn=kenneth&ln=tipping&st=g
The Russian convoys prior to October 1942 in which U.S. ships were lost were convoys PQ-13, PQ-16, the infamous PQ-17, and PQ-18. Tipping's article mentions that nobody from the crew (meaning at least the Armed Guard crew) was lost in the sinking; it's less clear if he also meant none of the merchant marine crew was lost either.
Of the U.S. ships sunk in PQ-13, PQ-16, PQ-17, and PQ-18, there were ten in which there were no crew losses. Those ships, and the convoy in which each was lost, were:
AFRICANDER (PQ-18)
ALAMAR (16)
ALCOA RANGER (17)
CITY OF JOLIET (16)
EL CAPITAN (17)
HOOSIER (17)
KENTUCKY (18)
MACBETH (18)
PETER KERR (17)
WACOSTA (18)
Arguably, therefore, Tipping was aboard one of these ten ships. His article mentions by name the chief officer aboard his ship, John Munro. Of great interest, a search of Ancestry.com finds a John E. Munro signing aboard AFRICANDER prior to her departure for Russia in April or May 1942. Although his position aboard the ship is not identified, it is possible he signed on as chief officer, thereby matching up with the details Tipping mentioned.
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