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Steven Surofchek

Steven Surofchek

 Purple Heart

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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