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Rufus Hardy Bynum

Rufus Hardy Bynum

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Quartermaster, First Class
Service Number 274 59 58
Birth Date July 30, 1921
From Corinth, Mississippi
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Scorpion (SS-278)
Loss Date February 1, 1944
Location East China Sea or Yellow Sea
Circumstances Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks Rufus was born in Rienzi, Mississippi.

Photo courtesy of Betsy Snow.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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