Rank/Rate	Ship's Cook, First Class
Service Number	680 01 27
Birth Date	July 9, 1917
From	Red Oak, Oklahoma
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Pompano (SS-181)
Loss Date	September 17, 1943
Location	Off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan
Circumstances	Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks	Jay was born in Dustin, Oklahoma.

Photo courtesy of Janice Newburn via Loretta Hill.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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