Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	626 44 14
Birth Date	June 27, 1922
From	Evansville, Indiana
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Pompano (SS-181)
Loss Date	September 17, 1943
Location	Off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan
Circumstances	Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks	Some sources spell his first name "Jessie."

Photo on left courtesy of Daniel Smith, Vanderburgh Public Library, via Vicki Nelson.  Photo on right courtesy of Janice Bowen.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.  Photo of his marker (below), with his first name spelled "Jessie," from Find A Grave.

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