Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	274 80 59
Birth Date	July 30, 1923
From	Ketchikan, Alaska
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Gudgeon (SS-211)
Loss Date	April 18, 1944
Location	Off Iwo Jima
Circumstances	Probably sunk by air attack
Remarks	Jerome was born in Staten Island, New York.

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