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Robert Lyman Washburn

Robert Lyman Wahsburn

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 305 28 74
Birth Date December 11, 1924
From Detroit, Michigan
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Runner (SS-275)
Loss Date July 11, 1943
Location North of Hokkaido, Japan
Circumstances Probably sunk by a mine
Remarks Robert was born in Plainview Minnesota. He is not to be confused with another man named Robert L. Washburn who was a survivor of the sinking of USS Squalus (SS-192) in 1939.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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