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James Wallace Lyon

James Wallace Lyon

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fireman, First Class
Service Number 02563336
Birth Date February 11, 1918
From Mt. Rainier, Maryland
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date July 30, 1942
Location Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances Probably sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
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*Information needed.  Photo courtesy of Tara Curtin, grandniece.

 

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