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Melvin Hillary Walter

Melvin Hillary Walter

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fireman, Third Class
Service Number 06680222
Birth Date *
From Perryville, Missouri
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 Robert Walter, cousin, via Bruce Abele.

 

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