Rank/Rate	Chief Radioman
Service Number	368 55 57
Birth Date	January 10, 1920
From	Longton, Kansas
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Lagarto (SS-371)
Loss Date	May 4, 1945
Location	Off Malay coast near the Gulf of Siam
Circumstances	Sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks	Wardour was born in Elk Falls, Kansas.

Photo courtesy of Karen Duvalle, Wisconsin Maritime Museum.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer. 

 

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