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Charles Allane Powell

Charles Allane Powell

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Chief Radioman
Service Number 274 13 21
Birth Date June 26, 1912
From Leesville, Louisiana
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 Charles was born in Caro, Texas.
He survived the sinking of USS Squalus in 1939.

          Photo and information courtesy of Robert Brown, son of first cousin, via Stephanie, Charles' wife, and Patsy, their daughter.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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