Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	669 80 39
Birth Date	May 13, 1914
From	Exeter, Missouri
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Corvina (SS-226)
Loss Date	November 16, 1943
Location	Just south of Truk
Circumstances	Probably sunk by Japanese submarine I-176
Remarks	William was born in Yuma, Colorado.

Photo courtesy of Ashley Prewitt, great-grandniece. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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