Rank/Rate	Steward, Third Class
Service Number	636 65 72
Birth Date	June 3, 1922 Jones County, Georgia
From	Macon, Georgia
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Growler (SS-215)
Loss Date	November 8, 1944
Location	South China Sea
Circumstances	Probably sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks	Bennie was born in Jones County, Georgia.

Photo courtesy of Glenn Knoblock, author of Black Submariners in the United States Navy, 1940-1975.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer. 

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