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Robert Earl Devenport

Robert Earl Devenport

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class
Service Number 623 11 40
Birth Date December 12, 1921
From Comstock Park, Michigan
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Herring (SS-233)
Loss Date June 1, 1944
Location Near Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by gunfire from shore batteries
Remarks Robert was born in Sparta, Michigan.

 Photo and information courtesy of Mr. & Mrs. Harv Good, via Jay Stone of the Michigan Company of Military Historians & Collectors.  Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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