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Daniel Benjamin Erico

Daniel Benjamin Erico

Bronze StarPurple Heart

Rank/Rate Chief Boatswain (Warrant Officer)
Service Number W-184673
Birth Date October 12, 1904
From Bakersfield, California
Decorations Bronze Star, Purple Heart
Submarine USS S-44 (SS-155)
Loss Date October 7, 1943
Location Off Paramushiru, Northern Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by Japanese destroyer
Remarks

Daniel was born in Ashley, Pennsylvania. 

Photo courtesy of Candice Cook, great-granddaughter.

Some sources, notably the 1963 edition of U. S. Submarine Losses - World War II, mistakenly omit Daniel on lists of men lost with USS S-44.

 

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