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Personal Details
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Home State
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Year of Birth
1925 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Bersley H. Thomas, Jr. (Tom), SMCS
to remember
Harris, John Junior, QM3c.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Columbus, OH |
Last Address
Columbus, OH
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Casualty Date
Aug 06, 1945 |
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Cause
Hostile-Body Not Recovered |
Reason
Other Explosive Device |
Location
Pacific Ocean |
Conflict
World War II |
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines |
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Last Known Activity
USS Bullhead (SS-332) began her third and final patrol on 31 July 1945. The last contact with the boat was on 2 August. Post war Japanese records show that a plane depth charged and presumably sunk an American Submarine on 6 August, the same day the Atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Quartermaster Third Class Harris was listed as Missing in Action and officially declared dead 23 August 1946.
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Comments/Citation
Service number: 5702343
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