Rank/Rate	Steward's Mate, First Class
Service Number	628 12 12
Birth Date	*
From	Memphis, Tennessee
Decorations
Submarine	USS S-28 (SS-133)
Loss Date	July 4, 1944 (submarine lost; Levi was not aboard)
Location	Off Hawaii
Circumstances	Foundered during training
Remarks	Official records and communication with his son make it absolutely clear that Levi was not lost with his shipmates, and survived the War.  After leaving the Navy, he went on to a career in the Air Force.

*Information needed.  Photo courtesy of Glenn Knoblock, from his book, Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975.

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