Rank/Rate	Chief Radioman
Service Number	274 13 21
Birth Date	June 26, 1912
From	Leesville, Louisiana
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Pickerel (SS-177)
Loss Date	April 3, 1943
Location	Off Honshu, Japan
Circumstances	Probably sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks	Charles was born in Caro, Texas. He survived the sinking of USS Squalus in 1939.

          Photo and information courtesy of Robert Brown, son of first cousin, via Stephanie, Charles' wife, and Patsy, their daughter.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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