Rank/Rate	Lieutenant
Service Number	O-100368
Birth Date	January 1, 1918
From	Bennett, Colorado
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Pompano (SS-181)
Loss Date	September 17, 1943
Location	Off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan
Circumstances	Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks	Claire was born in Truman, Minnesota.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

Claire is mistakenly omitted from the listings of men lost with Pompano in some sources, notably the 1963 edition of U.S. Submarine Losses - World War II.

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