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Chester Phipps

Chester Phipps 

 Silver Star

Rank/Rate Chief Motor Machinist's Mate
Service Number 372 02 67
Birth Date August 9, 1915
From Beardsley, Kansas
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Pompano (SS-181)
Loss Date September 17, 1943
Location Off the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan
Circumstances Lost at sea, cause unknown
Remarks Chester was born in McDonald, Kansas.

Photo and information courtesy of Jamie Slawson, great grand-niece.  Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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