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Casualty Info
Home Town Hamburg, AR
Last Address Cullendale, AR
Casualty Date Feb 29, 1944
Cause KIA-Body Not Recovered
Reason Other Explosive Device
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Beech Creek Cemetery - Ashley County, Arkansas
Wall/Plot Coordinates (memorial marker)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
USS Trout (SS-202) began her 11th war patrol on 8 February 1944. She was enroute to the East China Sea. On 29 February a Japanese convoy was attacked in the area assigned to Trout, and one ship was sunk, and another severely damaged. Trout was never heard from again, and may have been sunk by one of the convoy's escorts. Ship's Cook 3rd Class McDuffie was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 14 April 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 8441261
Submarine war patrols:
USS Tuna (SS-203) - 9th
USS Trout (SS-202) - 11th
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