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Casualty Info
Home Town Stockton, CA
Last Address Berkley, CA
Casualty Date Nov 13, 1943
Cause Non Hostile- Body Not Recovered
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial - Honolulu, Hawaii
Wall/Plot Coordinates Court 3 (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
EM3 Forward was a member of the crew of the USS Grayback (SS-208). For reasons not yet discovered (unavailable via internet sources), he was aboard a plane that was forced into a water landing off the coast of Midway Island on November 13, 1943. The plane sank and EM3 Dewey's body was not recovered. He was later declared dead.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 3778524
The information contained in this profile was compiled from various internet sources.
Name: Jack Dewey Forward Gender: Male Race: White Age: 24 Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head) Birth Place: Stockton, California, USA Birth Date: 13 Jul 1916 Residence Place: Oakland, Alameda, California, USA Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940 Employer: Self Weight: 130 Complexion: Light Eye Color: Blue Hair Color: Brown Height: 5 9 Next of Kin: Rea Annie Haase
