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Gabriel Joseph Pepera

Gabriel Joseph Pepera

 Purple Heart

Rank/Rate Fire Controlman, Second Class
Service Number 311 58 83
Birth Date March 8, 1923
From Manistee, Michigan
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Herring (SS-233)
Loss Date June 1, 1944
Location Near Point Tagan, Matsuwa Island, Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by gunfire from shore batteries
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Photo courtesy of Donald Victor Hornby, nephew.

 

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