Rank/Rate	Chief Torpedoman's Mate (Chief of the Boat)
Service Number	336 90 17
Birth Date	November 19, 1917
From	Knierim, Iowa
Decorations
Submarine	USS Tuna (SS-203)
Loss Date	May 4, 1944
Location	Enroute to patrol area, North Pacific
Circumstances	Lost overboard while engaged in retrieving floating crates from a trawler that TUNA had just sunk.
Remarks	John was born in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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