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John Andrew Key

John Andrew Key

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Ship's Cook, Third Class
Service Number 631 05 64
Birth Date July 13, 1925
From Forrest City, Arkansas
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
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Photo courtesy of Audrey Key Hobson, sister.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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