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Claude Joseph Benbennick

Claude Joseph Benbennick

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 852 97 31
Birth Date May 4, 1924
From Chicago, Illinois
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Swordfish (SS-193)
Loss Date January 12, 1945
Location Near Yaku Island off Kyushu, Japan
Circumstances Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks Claude was born in Cleveland, Ohio.

Photo courtesy of Matthew Benbennick. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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