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Chester Gelean Lawson

Chester Gelean Lawson

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 616 27 24
Birth Date May 6, 1914
From Richmond, California
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date October 3, 1944
Location North of Morotai, between PI and Indonesia
Circumstances Sunk in error by USS Rowell
Remarks Chaster was born in Ringgold, Texas.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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