Rank/Rate	Ship's Cook, Third Class
Service Number	628 16 60
Birth Date	December 12, 1921
From	Topeka, Kansas
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grampus (SS-207)
Loss Date	March 5, 1943
Location	In or near Blackett Strait
Circumstances	Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks	Orville was born in Grantville, Kansas.

Photo courtesy of Bob Fanning, nephew. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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  Fanning, Orville Franklin, Jr.