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William Hugh Cuthbertson, Jr.

William Hugh Cuthberson, Jr.

William & Dorothy Cuthbertson

Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Ensign
Service Number O-118743
Birth Date April 30, 1915
From Frankenmuth, Michigan
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date July 30, 1942
Location Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks William was born in Denver, Colorado.

      Photo courtesy of Nancy Lee Wilson, daughter; submitted by Bruce Abele, son of Mannert L. Abele, Commanding Officer of Grunion.

 

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