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Orville Franklin Fanning, Jr.

Orville Franklin Fanning, Jr.

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Ship's Cook, Third Class
Service Number 628 16 60
Birth Date December 12, 1921
From Topeka, Kansas
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Grampus (SS-207)
Loss Date March 5, 1943
Location In or near Blackett Strait
Circumstances Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks Orville was born in Grantville, Kansas.

Photo courtesy of Bob Fanning, nephew. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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