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Robert Edgar
Payne
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Rank/Rate |
Gunner's Mate, Second Class |
Service Number |
628 03 70 |
Birth Date |
June 16, 1920 |
From |
Kansas City, Missouri |
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 |
Robert's file in the National Archives lists his birth
date as January 11, 1920. |
Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
Additional information courtesy of Betty Delano, sister, and Mark Minnick.
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