Rank/Rate	Yeoman, Third Class
Service Number	225 48 31
Birth Date	May 22, 1926
From	Passaic, New Jersey
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date	October 25, 1944
Location	Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances	Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
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Photo courtesy of Angelina Chiavetta, sister.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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