Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	555 73 99
Birth Date	September 25, 1925
From	Henderson, North Carolina
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
Loss Date	April 18, 1944
Location	Off Iwo Jima
Circumstances	Probably sunk by air attack
Remarks	Oscar was born in Clayton, North Carolina.

Photo courtesy of World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945, North Carolina, via Don Jolliff.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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