On Eternal Patrol - Seymour Golding Smith, Jr.

On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of World War II

Seymour Golding Smith, Jr.

Seymour Golding Smith, Jr. as a child
Seymour at about 10 years old, and as a young adult.

Rank/Rate Quartermaster, Third Class

Service Number 381 77 78

Birth Date December 19, 1925

From Glendale, California

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

Remarks

Photos courtesy of William Lockwood Jr., grandnephew. Photo colorization courtesy of Mark J. Bostic.

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