Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	724 22 50
Birth Date	December 7, 1922
From	Fostoria, Ohio
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Herring (SS-233)
Loss Date	June 1, 1944
Location	Near Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, Kuriles
Circumstances	Sunk by gunfire from shore batteries
Remarks	Please see the "Robert Allan Carter World War II Letters" in the archives of Bowling Green State University.

Photo and information courtesy of the Center for Archival Collections, Bowling Green State University, and Jill Carter Knuth, niece.  Additional information and the photo of his marker (below) courtesy of Jim Rees, cousin.

Cemetery located in Bradner, Ohio

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