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 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Electrician's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 382 06 19
Birth Date November 1, 1920
From Long Beach, California
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238)
Loss Date October 11, 1943
Location In La Perouse Strait, Northern Japan
Circumstances Sunk by a combination of air attack and depth charging
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Photo courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.  Information courtesy of Sharon (Scriven) Iwanick.

 

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