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Melvin Hillary Walter

Melvin Hillary Walter

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fireman, Third Class
Service Number 668 02 22
Birth Date October 21, 1920
From Perryville, Missouri
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 Melvin was born in Sereno, Missouri.

Photo courtesy of Robert Walter, cousin, via Bruce Abele.  Information courtesy of Mary Bentz.

 

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