Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	272 03 61
Birth Date	May 24, 1913
From	Dothan, Alabama
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Pickerel (SS-177)
Loss Date	April 3, 1943
Location	Off Honshu, Japan
Circumstances	Probably sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks	Jesse Clarence Harris, the second child of Mr. and Mrs. Jed Pollard Harris (his mother the former Alice Freeman), was born in Early County, Georgia, near Blakely. In the Navy, Jesse went by his middle name, and is listed only as "Clarence Harris" in most sources.

          Photo courtesy of Roger Harris, nephew. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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