Rank/Rate	Fireman, First Class
Service Number	242 73 98
Birth Date	July 28, 1900
From	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Decorations
Submarine	USS O-5 (SS-66)
Date of Death	October 28, 1923
Location	Limon Bay, off Panama
Circumstances	Sunk in a collision with SS Abangarez (United Fruit Co.)
Remarks	The name of the ship that collided with USS O-5 is misspelled "Ababgarez" in many sources.

Photo courtesy of David Metzler, nephew. Information courtesy of Norm Rutan.

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