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. Photo colorization courtesy of Mark J. Bostic. Information courtesy of Dean Carlsen.

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