Rank/Rate	Motor Machinist's Mate, First Class
Service Number	268 11 62
Birth Date	February 1, 1917
From	New London, Connecticut
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks	John was born in Jeffersonville, Georgia.

Photo courtesy of Bruce Abele.  Information courtesy of Patricia J. Stockfisch, niece, and Mary Bentz.

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