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Robert Allan Carter

Robert Allan Carter

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class
Service Number 724 22 50
Birth Date December 7, 1922
From Fostoria, Ohio
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Herring (SS-233)
Loss Date June 1, 1944
Location Near Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by gunfire from shore batteries
Remarks Please see the "Robert Allan Carter World War II Letters" in the archives of Bowling Green State University.

Photo and information courtesy of the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, and Jill Carter Knuth, niece.  Additional information and the photo of his marker (below) courtesy of Jim Rees, cousin.


Cemetery located in Bradner, Ohio

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