On Eternal Patrol - Clifford Leslie Bruce

On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of World War II

Clifford Leslie Bruce

Clifford Leslie Bruce

Rank/Rate Motor Machinist's Mate, First Class

Service Number 616 26 15

Birth Date October 3, 1912

From Tulsa, Oklahoma

Decorations Purple Heart

Submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238)

Loss Date October 11, 1943

Location In La Perouse Strait, Northern Japan

Circumstances Sunk by a combination of air attack and depth charging

Remarks Clifford was born in Garber, Oklahoma.

Photo courtesy of Helen Burpo, niece. Information courtesy of Dean Carlsen.

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