Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	606 28 34
Birth Date	August 20, 1921
From	Boston, Massachusetts
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	The American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) website fails to list his Purple Heart.

        Photo courtesy of John J. Devine, Jr., of the Boston Public Library, via Paul W. Wittmer.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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