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Henry Orin Whitcomb

Henry Orin Whitcomb 

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Electrician's Mate, First Class
Service Number 375 81 99
Birth Date March 23, 1918
From Kittery, Maine
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Grayling (SS-209)
Loss Date September 9, 1943
Location In or near Tablas Strait, Philippine Islands
Circumstances Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks Henry was born in Palermo, Butte County, California.

Photo and information courtesy of William Giesler.  Additional information courtesy of Sylvia Trotter Anderson and Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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