Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	269 08 71
Birth Date	September 2, 1923
From	Jacksonville, Florida
Decorations
Submarine	R-12 (SS-89)
Loss Date	June 12, 1943
Location	Off Key West, Florida
Circumstances	Foundered on a training mission
Remarks	General was born in Long County, Georgia.

Photo courtesy of Juan Thompson and Bobby Baker, via Vicki Nelson.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.  Photo of marker (below) courtesy of Ivie Gulbrandson via Vicki Nelson.

Also see this article:  Long lost sailor being remembered (external link)
 

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