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Philip McNeil Kimball

Philip Mc Neil Kimball

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Radio Technician, First Class
Service Number 565 19 24
Birth Date April 20, 1925
From San Gabriel, California
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Lagarto (SS-371)
Loss Date May 4, 1945
Location Off Malay coast near the Gulf of Siam
Circumstances Sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks Philip was born in Los Angeles, California.  He was a member of the Boy Scouts of America. He built a catamaran with his friends and his little sister, Derith, during high school. Derith was small and able to crawl inside the catamaran hull to fasten screws.

Photo, information, and remarks courtesy of Caryn (Casler) Moller, niece, and Jack V. Moller.

 

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