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Frederick Merritt Briggs

Frederick Merritt Briggs

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Electrician's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 223 96 92
Birth Date August 27, 1919
From Bristol, Vermont
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Cisco (SS-290)
Loss Date September 28, 1943
Location In the Sulu Sea west of Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Circumstances Probably sunk by air and surface attack
Remarks Lived in Bergenfield, New Jersey, prior to joining the Navy

Photo courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.  Information courtesy of James Wrocklage, Joe Perrone, and Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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