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Howard Madison Walker

Howard Madison Walker

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Steward, Third Class
Service Number 855 77 01
Birth Date March 6, 1925
From Bowling Green, Kentucky
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
Remarks Howard was honored in a Resolution adopted by
the Kentucky State Senate.

Photo courtesy of Selvin Butts, cousin, via Paul Sniegon.

 

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