Rank/Rate	Ship's Cook, Third Class
Service Number	707 87 16
Birth Date	October 27, 1916
From	Middletown, New York
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	Francis was born in Scotchtown, New York.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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