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Casualty Info
Home Town Oneida, TN
Last Address Oneida, TN
Casualty Date Feb 01, 1944
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location South China Sea
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Foster Crossroads Cemetery - Oneida, Tennessee
Wall/Plot Coordinates (memorial marker)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Scorpion (SS_278) began her last war patrol on 5 December 1943 and was last heard from on 5 January 1944. She was declared lost on 6 March 1944, presumed to have been sunk by Japanese mine. Seaman 1st Class Bell was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 11 January 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 6404350
Submarine war patrols:
USS Silversides (SS-236) - 5th
USS Scorpion (SS-278) - 3rd through 5th
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