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Richard Jerome Kroth

Richard Jerome Kroth

Silver Star Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Service Number O-282817
Birth Date July 9, 1921
From Detroit, Michigan
Decorations Silver Star, Purple Heart
Submarine USS Tang (SS-306)
Loss Date October 25, 1944
Location North end of Formosa Strait
Circumstances Sunk by circular run of own torpedo
Remarks Name changed from Krotkiewicz

 

 

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