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Wilfred Joseph Boucher

Wilfred Joseph Boucher

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class
Service Number 202 12 65
Birth Date November 16, 1924
From Warren, Rhode Island
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
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Photo courtesy of Jason Clarke, grandnephew. Photo colorization courtesy of Mark J. Bostic.

 

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