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Richard Ledlie Cranston

Richard Leslie Cranston

 

Rank/Rate Electrician's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 250 73 58
Birth Date July 6, 1924
From Wheeling, West Virginia
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Submarine USS Guitarro (SS-363)
Loss Date October 14, 1944
Location Just outside Lombok Strait
Circumstances Died of pneumonia; buried at sea
Remarks Previously, Richard's middle name was listed here as "Leslie." Multiple listings in muster rolls clearly show his middle name to be "Ledlie."

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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