Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	600 03 87
Birth Date	November 25, 1917
From	Binghamton, New York
Decorations
Submarine	USS Dorado (SS-248)
Loss Date	October 12, 1943
Location	In Western Atlantic, possibly near Cuba
Circumstances	Sunk, possibly by U.S. aircraft
Remarks	John had survived the sinking of USS R-12.

Photo courtesy of Joseph Kapral, Jr., brother, via Norman Rutan.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
 

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