Rank/Rate	Mess Attendant, Second Class
Service Number	272 18 02
Birth Date	April 10, 1918
From	Birmingham, Alabama
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	Cornelius was born in Montgomery, Alabama.

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