Rank/Rate	Seaman, Second Class
Service Number	622 35 98
Birth Date	March 17, 1923
From	Flint, Michigan
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	David was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.

Photos and information courtesy of Patricia Swartwood Shooltz, niece.  Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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