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Robert Ray Stoneking

 Robert Ray Stoneking

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Ship's Cook, Third Class
Service Number 652 50 36
Birth Date September 10, 1924
From Uniontown, Pennsylvania
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Herring (SS-233)
Loss Date June 1, 1944
Location Near Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by gunfire from shore batteries
Remarks Robert was bon in Collier, Pennsylvania.

Photo courtesy of Russell Stoneking Jr., nephew.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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