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Loyal Ryan, Jr.

Loyal Ryan, Jr.

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Seaman, Second Class
Service Number 622 31 89
Birth Date December 20, 1924
From Lansing, Michigan
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  

Photo courtesy of Doris Woodbury, sister.  Information courtesy of Jim Jennings, Veterans Service Officer.

 

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