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Harold Kessinger

Harold Kessinger

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Ship's Cook, First Class
Service Number 336 80 34
Birth Date June 21, 1917
From Seal Beach, California
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Argonaut (SS-166)
Loss Date January 10, 1943
Location Near Rabaul (05° 155'N, 153° 50'E)
Circumstances Sunk by surface attack and depth charges
Remarks Harold was born in Springfield, Missouri.

Photo and information courtesy of Mark Thieme, nephew. Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
 

 

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