Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	700 43 47
Birth Date	September 15, 1924*
From	Hammond, West Virginia
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Shark (SS-314)
Loss Date	October 24, 1944
Location	Between Hainan and Bashi Channel
Circumstances	Probably sunk by depth charge attack
Remarks	William was born in Fairmont, Marion County, West Virginia.

*Uncertain.  Information courtesy of the West Virginia Memory Project.
 

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  Buckey, William Emmett, Jr.