Rank/Rate	Motor Machinist's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	859 19 10
Birth Date	November 25, 1921
From	Des Moines, Iowa
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Albacore (SS-218)
Loss Date	November 7, 1944
Location	Near 41° 49'N x 141° 11'E, off northern Japan
Circumstances	Sunk by a mine
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Photos courtesy of Lynda J. Larson and Nancy Ann Dillon Ownes, daughters, and Kathy Lehr, niece. Photo colorization courtesy of Mark J. Bostic.

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