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Robert Melvin Rice

Robert Melvin Rice

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 633 38 65
Birth Date June 21, 1921
From Long Beach, California
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Bonefish (SS-223)
Loss Date June 18, 1945
Location Toyama Bay, Japan
Circumstances Sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks Robert was born in Blythe, California.

Photo courtesy of Loretta McQuiddy, cousin.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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