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Francis Aloysus Thoben

Francis Aloysus Thoben

 

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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