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Donald Clifford Cress

Donald Clifford Cress

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Radioman, Third Class
Service Number 639 55 42
Birth Date November 28, 1922
From Owatonna, Minnesota
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Robalo (SS-273)
Loss Date July 26, 1944
Location Off the east coast of Balabac Island, PI
Circumstances Sunk by a mine
Remarks Donald was born in Bath Township, Minnesota.

Photo courtesy of Hugh Pickens, nephew.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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