Rank/Rate	Ship's Cook, Third Class
Service Number	403 51 50
Birth Date	April 16, 1922
From	Canandaigua, New York
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	John was born in Brockport, New York.

Photo and information courtesy of John Edgar Wilson III, nephew.

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