Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	725 63 98
Birth Date	March 27, 1912
From	Walworth, Wisconsin
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Corvina (SS-226)
Loss Date	November 16, 1943
Location	Just south of Truk
Circumstances	Probably sunk by Japanese submarine I-176
Remarks	George was born in Forest Park, Illinois.

Photo courtesy of Lynn Gabel Jensen, niece, via Vicki Nelson. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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