Rank/Rate	Quartermaster, First Class
Service Number	274 59 58
Birth Date	July 30, 1921
From	Corinth, Mississippi
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Scorpion (SS-278)
Loss Date	February 1, 1944
Location	East China Sea or Yellow Sea
Circumstances	Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks	Rufus was born in Rienzi, Mississippi.

Photo courtesy of Betsy Snow.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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