Rank/Rate	Quartermaster, Second Class
Service Number	614 11 51
Birth Date	January 24, 1924
From	Cleveland, Ohio
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grayback (SS-208)
Loss Date	February 26, 1944
Location	Near 25° 47'N x 128° 45'E, south of Okinawa
Circumstances	Sunk by air attack
Remarks	Some sources list his birth date as January 19, 1924.

Photo on left courtesy of Larry Gavlak, nephew of Grayback shipmate Charles B. Gavlak.  Photo on right courtesy of Tom Hrudka, cousin. Information courtesy of A. D. Saleker, Captain, USN (Ret.), nephew.

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