Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	225 40 85
Birth Date	May 13, 1925
From	Brooklyn, New York
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
Remarks	George was born in Hackensack, New Jersey.

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  Gorab, George Jacob, Jr.