Rank/Rate	Coxswain
Service Number	845 66 76
Birth Date	January 4, 1925
From	Lenoir City, Tennessee
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date	October 25, 1944
Location	Formosa Strait near Turnabout Island
Circumstances	Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
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Photo courtesy of Claudia Vaughn, mother, via Claudia Harrell and Jim Converse. Photo colorization courtesy of Mark J. Bostic.

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