On Eternal Patrol - Wallace Greeley Statton

On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of World War II

Wallace Greeley "Wally" Statton

Wally G. Statton

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Motor Machinist's Mate, First Class

Service Number 621 24 03

Birth Date December 29, 1916

From Des Moines, Iowa

Decorations Purple Heart

Submarine USS Swordfish (SS-193)

Loss Date January 12, 1945

Location Near Yaku Island off Kyushu, Japan

Circumstances Lost at sea, cause unknown

Remarks Wally graduated from North Des Moines High School,
Class of January 1935. He was born in Ames, Iowa.

Photo courtesy of Claradell G. Shedd, Alumni Historian, Des Moines High School, via Reid Kimbrough.

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