On Eternal Patrol - Francis Lawrence Gruen

On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of the U.S. Navy

Francis Lawrence Gruen

Francis Lawrence Gruen

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class

Service Number 336 79 24

Birth Date January 17, 1914

From Greenville, Illinois

Decorations

Submarine USS O-9 (SS-70)

Loss Date June 20, 1941

Location Approximately 15 miles off Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Circumstances Foundered

Remarks Francis was born in Alhambra, Illinois.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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