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Ernest Lee Echorst

Ernest Lee Echorst

 

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 238 75 61
Birth Date August 31, 1923
From Richford, New York
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 Ernest was born in Bigelow, Minnesota.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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