Rank/Rate	Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	223 68 09
Birth Date	February 3, 1922
From	Toms River, New Jersey
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS S-44 (SS-155)
Loss Date	October 7, 1943
Location	Off Paramushiru, Northern Kuriles
Circumstances	Sunk by Japanese destroyer
Remarks	Edward was born in Irvington, New Jersey.

Photo on left and information courtesy of Betsy Dudas, Ocean County (New Jersey) Historical Society.  Photo on right courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
 

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