Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	295 63 27
Birth Date	September 28, 1916
From	Dalton, Georgia
Decorations
Submarine	R-12 (SS-89)
Loss Date	June 12, 1943
Location	Off Key West, Florida
Circumstances	Foundered on a training mission
Remarks	Some sources list his birth date as September 29, 1917.

Photo and information courtesy of Ronald A. Crick, nephew.  Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
 

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