Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, First Class
Service Number	320 65 60
Birth Date	March 15, 1906
From	Sioux City, Iowa
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
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Photo and information courtesy of Bobbi Mathison Heims, daughter; Stephen Kamei, grandson; Lynne Blinco Earle and Bev Douwstra, nieces.

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