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Chester Mayo Copas

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Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Yeoman, First Class
Service Number 612 45 39
Birth Date December 3, 1920
From Dayton, Ohio
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date October 3, 1944
Location North of Morotai, between PI and Indonesia
Circumstances Sunk in error by USS Rowell
Remarks The National Archives lists Chester's birth date as December 3, 1920, but it is listed on his marker as December 2, 1920.

Photos above courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Paul Wittmer.

Chester Mayo Copas marker
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