Rank/Rate	Radioman, Third Class
Service Number	510 02 77
Birth Date	August 14, 1918
From	Billings, Montana
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks	Wesley was born in Cascade, Montana.

Photo courtesy of Shelby M. Starling, daughter of Delbert Blinston.  Thanks also to Lorna Thackeray of The Billings Gazette.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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