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Joseph Francis Willinsky

Joseph Francis Willinsky

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 250 70 70
Birth Date May 24, 1924
From Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Runner (SS-275)
Loss Date July 11, 1943
Location North of Hokkaido, Japan
Circumstances Probably sunk by a mine
Remarks Joseph was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Photo courtesy of Anne Elise Morris, President, Wilkinsburg Historical Society. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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