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Casualty Info
Home Town Brownwood, TX
Last Address 1380 Snowden Ave Memphis, TN
Casualty Date Feb 26, 1944
Cause KIA-Killed in Action
Reason Other Cause
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates Tablets of the Missing (Cenotaph)
Military Service Number 71 323
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
Grayback’s 10th war patrol, her most successful, was also her last. She left Pearl Harbor, 28 January, 1944, and by 25 February had sunk three ships and damaged three others. On 27 February she sank another ship but was apparently attacked by carrier based aircraft (according to Japanese reports) and sunk. Commander Moore was listed as Missing in Action and later declared dead 12 January 1946.
Comments/Citation:
Submarine war patrols:
USS Wahoo (SS-238) - 1st through 5th
USS Grayback (SS-208) - 8th through 10th
