Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	258 12 40
Birth Date	February 16, 1915
From	Weston, West Virginia
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Shark (SS-174)
Loss Date	February 11, 1942
Location	East of Menado, Celebes
Circumstances	Probably sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks	William was born in Nottoway, Virginia.

Photo courtesy of Lewis County in WW II, via Larry Legge, West Virginia Historical Society.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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