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William Hugh Cuthbertson, Jr.

William Hugh Cuthberson, Jr.

William & Dorothy Cuthbertson

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Ensign
Service Number 0-118743
Birth Date April 30, 1915
From Frankenmuth, Michigan
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date July 30, 1942
Location Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks  

      Photo courtesy of Nancy Lee Wilson, daughter; submitted by Bruce Abele, son of
      Mannert L. Abele, Commanding Officer of Grunion.

 

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