Samuel Reed Dighton, Jr.

Rank/Rate	Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Service Number	0-098094
Birth Date	December 13, 1917
From	Sanford, Florida
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 Sam Dighton via Vickie Rodgers.

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Dighton, Samuel Reed, Jr.