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Roy Leonard Witting

 Roy Leonard Witting in his youthRoy Leonard Witting

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Machinist's Mate, Third Class
Service Number 300 86 01
Birth Date May 12, 1922
From Chicago, Illinois
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238)
Loss Date October 11, 1943
Location In La Perouse Strait, Northern Japan
Circumstances Sunk by a combination of air attack and depth charging
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Photos and information courtesy of Mickey, brother, Gladys (Witting) Clark and Shirley Tichy-Grey, first cousins, and Kathy Smith and Joe Burns, first cousins, once removed.

 

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