Rank/Rate	Fireman, First Class
Service Number	273 02 65
Birth Date	June 13, 1925
From	Birmingham, Alabama
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date	October 25, 1944
Location	Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances	Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
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Photo courtesy of the staff of the Linn-Henley Research Library, Birmingham (Alabama) Public Library, via Vicki Nelson.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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