Rank/Rate	Motor Machinist's Mate, First Class
Service Number	638 08 80
Birth Date	November 8, 1918
From	Upsala, Minnesota
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date	October 3, 1944
Location	North of Morotai, between PI and Indonesia
Circumstances	Sunk in error by USS Rowell
Remarks	Elmer was born in Hector, Minnesota.

Photo courtesy of Irene Peterson Ryan. Information courtesy of Paul Wittmer.

 

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