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Levi Bolton

Levi Bolton

 

 

Rank/Rate Steward's Mate, First Class
Service Number 628 12 12
Birth Date *
From Memphis, Tennessee
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Submarine USS S-28 (SS-133)
Loss Date July 4, 1944 (submarine lost; Levi was not aboard)
Location Off Hawaii
Circumstances Foundered during training
Remarks Official records and communication with his son make it absolutely clear that Levi was not lost with his shipmates, and survived the War.  After leaving the Navy, he went on to a career in the Air Force.

*Information needed.  Photo courtesy of Glenn Knoblock, from his book, Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975.

 

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