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James Lester Roberts

James Lester Roberts

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Ship's Cook, Third Class
Service Number 640 50 45
Birth Date June 16, 1921
From Lexington, Tennessee
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location North end of Formosa Strait
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
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Photo courtesy of Wayne Roberts.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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