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Peter Grabnickas

Peter Grabnickas

Purple Heart 

Rank/Rate Ship's Cook, Second Class
Service Number 207 35 67
Birth Date August 14, 1924
From Melverne, New York
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Capelin (SS-289)
Loss Date December 2, 1943
Location Off Celebes possibly off Kaoe Bay
Circumstances Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks Peter was born in Manchester, Connecticut.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

Peter Grabnickas in his rack aboard USS Capelin
Peter in his rack aboard CAPELIN at Submarine Base New London, CT, August 1943
Official U.S. Navy Photo

 

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