Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	618 63 08
Birth Date	September 30, 1921
From	Gaddoa, Colorado
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Pickerel (SS-177)
Loss Date	April 3, 1943
Location	Off Honshu, Japan
Circumstances	Probably sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks	Alva was born in Hansford County, Texas.

          Photo courtesy of Ellen, niece. Information courtesy of John Newman.

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