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Dewey Green Backer, Jr.

Dewey Green Backer, Jr.

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number 669 01 71
Birth Date March 6, 1921
From Russell, Kentucky
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Trigger (SS-237)
Loss Date March 28, 1945
Location In area 32° 16'N to 30° 40'N by 132° 05'E to 127° 50'E
Circumstances Probably sunk by air and surface attack
Remarks Dewey was born in Fulton, Missouri.

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