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Leroy Richard Lane

Leroy Richard Lane

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Electrician's Mate, First Class
Service Number 311 44 54
Birth Date December 13, 1921
From Edwardsburg, Michigan
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 Leroy was born in South Bend, Indiana.

Photo courtesy of Robert Lane.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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