Rank/Rate	Chief Machinist's Mate
Service Number	320 85 76
Birth Date	October 15, 1913
From	San Diego, California
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Submarine	USS Sealion (SS-195)
Date of Death	August 9, 1942 (uncertain)
Location	Cabanatuan, Prison Camp #3, Philippine Islands
Circumstances	Captured while aboard Fisheries II after Sealion was scuttled; died of dysentery
Remarks	Howard was born in Kirkwood, Nebraska. He is not included with the men lost with Sealion in many sources. Note: Fisheries II was in service with the U.S. Navy but not commissioned, although in appears in some documents as "USS Fisheries II". Some publications incorrectly refer to the vessel as "British Fisheries."

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer and David Wright.

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