Rank/Rate	Motor Machinist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	610 55 04
Birth Date	January 26, 1915
From	Mt. Vernon, Illinois
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Pompano (SS-181)
Loss Date	September 17, 1943
Location	Off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan
Circumstances	Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks	George was born in Kiowa, Oklahoma.

Photo courtesy of Barbara Weil, niece, via Loretta Hill.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

George is mistakenly omitted from the listings of men lost with Pompano in some sources, notably the 1946 edition of U.S. Submarine Losses - World War II.

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