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Howard Alfred Sanders, Sr.

Howard Alfred Sanders, Sr.

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Motor Machinist's Mate, First Class
Service Number 328 45 96
Birth Date August 22, 1918
From Bemidji, Minnesota
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 Howard was born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Photo courtesy of Howard A. Sanders, Jr., son.

 

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