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Carl Eugene Poland

Carl Eugene Poland

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Signalman, Third Class
Service Number 755 61 39
Birth Date January 11, 1924
From St. Albans, West Virginia
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 Carl was born in Charleston, West Virginia.

Photo courtesy of Elizabeth Fraser of the Kanawha County (West Virginia) Public Library, via Paul W. Wittmer. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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