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James Leroy DeWitt

James Leroy DeWitt and Family

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 312 08 16
Birth Date March 19, 1922
From Pontiac, Michigan
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Albacore (SS-218)
Loss Date November 7, 1944
Location Near 41° 49'N x 141° 11'E, off northern Japan
Circumstances Sunk by a mine
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