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Read Pitman

Read Pitman

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 201 68 41
Birth Date December 14, 1920
From Bath, Maine
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Cisco (SS-290)
Loss Date September 28, 1943
Location In the Sulu Sea west of Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Circumstances Probably sunk by air and surface attack
Remarks Read was born in Dover, New Hampshire.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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