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Casualty Info
Home Town Chicago, IL
Last Address USS Strong in the Pacific.
Remembered at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Philippines
Casualty Date Jul 05, 1943
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Torpedoed
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Buried at Sea - N/A, Pacific Ocean
Wall/Plot Coordinates Lost at sea with the USS Strong off the Solomons.