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Van Andrew House

Van Andrew House

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 604 51 56
Birth Date February 9, 1921
From Irondale, Alabama
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238)
Loss Date October 11, 1943
Location In La Perouse Strait, Northern Japan
Circumstances Sunk by a combination of air attack and depth charging
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Photo and information courtesy of Ora Taylor House Patterson, widow, and Cathy Karr, her niece.

 

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