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Jesse Clarence Harris

Jesse Clarence Harris

 Purple Heart

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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