Rank/Rate	Ship's Cook, First Class
Service Number	310 88 79
Birth Date	July 25, 1910
From	Cottageville, South Carolina
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks	Steven was born in Fremont, West Virginia.

Photo and information courtesy of Caroline F. Surofchek Colson, wife, Patricia Surofchek Stokes, daughter, and Teresa Stokes Baker, granddaughter, via Bruce Abele.  Additional information courtesy of Mary Bentz.

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