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Robert James O'Brien

Robert James O'Brien

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fireman, First Class
Service Number 820 84 83
Birth Date October 9, 1924
From Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Albacore (SS-218)
Loss Date November 7, 1944
Location Near 41° 49'N x 141° 11'E, off northern Japan
Circumstances Sunk by a mine
Remarks Robert was born in Peoria, Illinois.

Photo courtesy of Teresa M Fairbairn, distant relative. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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