Rank/Rate	Commander (Commanding Officer)
Birth Date	August 22, 1937
From	Charleston, South Carolina
Decorations	Navy Commendation Medal
Submarine	USS Louis and Clark (SSBN-644)
Date of Death	September 11, 1974
Location	Near Charlotte, North Carolina
Circumstances	Killed in the crash of Eastern Airlines Flight 212
Remarks	Also killed in the crash was Jack Ira Hoel, Commanding Officer of USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630). John's last name is misspelled "Sapko" in some sources.

  Information courtesy of Frank Reno, STSCS(SS), USN Ret.

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