Rank/Rate	Chief Quartermaster
Service Number	262 34 49
Birth Date	May 8, 1918
From	New York, New York
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Herring (SS-233)
Loss Date	June 1, 1944
Location	Near Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, Kuriles
Circumstances	Sunk by gunfire from shore batteries
Remarks	John was born in Bluffton, South Carolina.

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  McCreary, John William, Jr.