 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Sheehan akaurayiwa usiku hwa5 Gunyana 1942, apo Gregory yakanyudzwa nepfuti kubva kune Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser uye vatatu vanoparadza panguva yeNaval Battle yeGuadalcanal. Mumwe mutyairi wendege weU.S. Navy, achifunga zvisiri izvo kuti Gregory yakanga iri ngarava yevakuru veJapan, akadonhedza nhevedzano yezvivheneko pamusoro pechikepe chakashamiswa, achichiita kuti chionekwe murima uye kubvumira vaJapan kuchiona. Yakanyatsokundwa nezvikepe zvina zveJapan uye, pasinei zvapo nenhamburiko dzesimba nevashandi vayo, Gregory akafa mumvura mukati memaminiti matatu. Pashure pokunge vashandi veGregory vasiya ngarava, vaJapan vakatanga kupfura vapukunyuki vakanga vasina simba vaiva mumvura, vachiuraya 11, kusanganisira Sheehan. 