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Gerald Andrew Steinecker

Gerald Andrew Steinecker

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fireman, First Class
Service Number 812 94 40
Birth Date December 24, 1923
From Franklin, Pennsylvania
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date October 3, 1944
Location North of Morotai, between PI and Indonesia
Circumstances Sunk in error by USS Rowell
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Photo courtesy of Amanda McFalls Graham, niece.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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