Rank/Rate	Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Service Number	O-091372
Birth Date	August 20, 1914
From	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Seadragon (SS-194)
Loss Date	December 10, 1941
Location	Cavite Navy Yard, Philippine Islands
Circumstances	Killed by bomb that hit USS Sealion
Remarks	First US submariner killed in action in World War II.

 

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  Hunter, Samuel Howard, Jr.