Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	250 70 39
Birth Date	September 23, 1925
From	Moundsville, West Virginia
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date	October 3, 1944
Location	North of Morotai, between PI and Indonesia
Circumstances	Sunk in error by USS Rowell
Remarks	Mahlon was born in Benwood, West Virginia.  Some sources list his birth date as September 23, 1924.

Photo courtesy of the Moundsville-Marshall County Public Library, via Norm Rutan. Information courtesy of Paul Wittmer.

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