Rank/Rate	Gunner's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	197 35 74
Birth Date	March 18, 1898
From	St. Louis, Missouri
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Submarine	L-3 (SS-42)
Loss Date	June 6, 1918
Location	North Atlantic off the coast of Ireland
Circumstances	Washed overboard
Remarks	Horace was born in Bunker Hill, Massachusetts. Some sources list his loss date as June 8, 1918.

Photo courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Photo colorization courtesy of Mark J. Bostic. Additional information courtesy of Kent Weekly, EMCS (SS), USN (ret.).

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