Rank/Rate	Ensign
Service Number	O-282812
Birth Date	April 6, 1921
From	Florence, South Carolina
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Robalo (SS-273)
Loss Date	July 26, 1944
Location	Off the east coast of Balabac Island, PI
Circumstances	Sunk by a mine
Remarks	Herman was born in Wilmington, North Carolina.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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  Gerdes, Herman John, Jr.