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Ryder Mathison

Ryder Mathison

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Electrician's Mate, First Class
Service Number 320 65 60
Birth Date March 15, 1906
From Sioux City, Iowa
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date July 30, 1942
Location Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
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Photo and information courtesy of Bobbi Mathison Heims, daughter; Stephen Kamei, grandson; Lynne Blinco Earle and Bev Douwstra, nieces.

 

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