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Joseph Benjamin Lucas, Jr.

Joseph Benjamin Lucas, Jr.Joseph Benjamin Lucas, Jr. (close-up)

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 223 54 93
Birth Date March 26, 1921
From Port Jefferson, New York
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Amberjack (SS-219)
Loss Date February 16, 1943
Location Off Rabaul
Circumstances Probably sunk by depth charge attack
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Photos courtesy of Kathleen Russell Cash, niece.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
 

 

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