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Fred Roland Kirby

Fred Roland Kirby

 

Rank/Rate Fireman, Second Class
Service Number 264 50 65
Birth Date July 14, 1924
From Abbeville, South Carolina
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Submarine USS Hake (SS-256)
Loss Date April 17, 1943
Location North Atlantic - 50° 36' N, 27° 53' W
Circumstances Possible malignancy; buried at sea
Remarks Hake war patrol report lists his service number as 260 50 65.

Photo courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.  Information courtesy of Bob Goodhart, shipmate, and Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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