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Elmer Ernest Chaffin

Elmer Ernest Chaffin

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fireman, First Class
Service Number 311 93 71
Birth Date May 24, 1922
From Jackson, Michigan
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Amberjack (SS-219)
Loss Date February 16, 1943
Location Off Rabaul
Circumstances Probably sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks Elmer's brother, Kenneth, was lost on USS Grampus (SS-207). See a photo of the two of them together on Ken's page.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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