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Mack Bates

Mack Bates

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fireman, First Class
Service Number 551 95 17
Birth Date May 8, 1922
From Jacksonville, Florida
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Swordfish (SS-193)
Loss Date January 12, 1945
Location Near Yaku Island off Kyushu, Japan
Circumstances Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks

Mack was born in Blackshear, Georgia.

His first name is listed as McClenny in many sources, although he went by Mack in in Naval records.

Photo courtesy of Mary Mihovich, researcher.

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