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Gordon Phillips
Hoover
Rank/Rate |
Lieutenant, Junior Grade |
Service Number |
O-166875 |
Birth Date |
November 1, 1916 |
From |
Wilmington, Delaware |
Decorations |
Purple Heart |
Submarine |
USS Cisco (SS-290) |
Loss Date |
September 28, 1943 |
Location |
In the Sulu Sea west of Mindanao, Philippine
Islands |
Circumstances |
Probably sunk by air and surface attack |
Remarks |
Gordon was born in Chicago, Illinois. He was a
1939 Yale graduate, and classmate of
Lawrence DeForest Anderson
and Richard Harold Seligman,
both lost on USS Runner. |
Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
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