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John Edgar Wilson, Jr.

John Edgar Wilson, Jr.

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Ship's Cook, Third Class
Service Number 403 51 50
Birth Date April 16, 1922
From Canandaigua, New York
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date July 30, 1942
Location Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks John was born in Brockport, New York.

Photo and information courtesy of John Edgar Wilson III, nephew.

 

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