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John Kirkman Huff

John Kirkman Huff

 

Rank/Rate Chief Torpedoman's Mate (Chief of the Boat)
Service Number 336 90 17
Birth Date November 19, 1917
From Knierim, Iowa
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Submarine USS Tuna (SS-203)
Loss Date May 4, 1944
Location Enroute to patrol area, North Pacific
Circumstances Lost overboard while engaged in retrieving floating crates from a trawler that TUNA had just sunk.
Remarks John was born in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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