Lost submariner, World War II

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Originally Posted by Lafferty

hmmm that sounds really frustrating. I will look to see if anyone i know can find a page with the info that you need.

It was rather satisfying to a point as I only started out with a name and a month and year in which he died (and which I initially assumed was simply the month they were notified, turns out its right)--which is another odd thing, the memorial lists the exact day he died, almost had me wondering if he was killed in action on a sub that made it back. All the crew lists of missing Submariners that I've checked online have come to nothing. If you have any ideas I'm open to them! Are there similar pages for the surface fleet? I have to consider that "family folklore" might play into this but so far its been correct (service, date of death).

At this point I'm looking to file a SF180 form with the government. As I'm not next of kin I beleive I can file this requesting a service record. But that will add who knows how many weeks/months to this search.

Additionally, is there a national submarine service memorial or museum? I've emailed the guys at the SS Bowfin Submarine museum (they are the ones that run oneternalpatrol.com) regarding my delemma but haven't had a reply back.