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William Peet Hemphill, Jr.

William Peet Hemphill, Jr.

Rank/Rate Radioman, First Class
Service Number 640 27 26
Birth Date September 23, 1913
From Chattanooga, Tennessee
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Corvina (SS-226)
Loss Date November 16, 1943
Location Just south of Truk
Circumstances Probably sunk by Japanese submarine I-176
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Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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