Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate Third Class
Service Number	725 19 92
Birth Date	July 18, 1921
From	Chicago, Illinois
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Robalo (SS-273)
Loss Date	July 26, 1944
Location	Off the east coast of Balabac Island, PI
Circumstances	Sunk by a mine
Remarks	Although the photo seems to show Roland as an Electrician's Mate Second (or First) Class, all official records list him as an EM3.

Photo courtesy of Bryan Winnan, nephew.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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