Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	604 51 56
Birth Date	February 9, 1921
From	Irondale, Alabama
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 and information courtesy of Ora Taylor House Patterson, widow, and Cathy Karr, her niece. Photo colorization courtesy of Mark J. Bostic. 

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