Rank/Rate	Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	610 50 41
Birth Date	May 11, 1918
From	Chicago, Illinois
Decorations
Submarine	USS S-17 (SS-122)
Loss Date	December 21, 1943
Location	Off the coast of New England
Circumstances	Washed overboard and drowned while attempting to pass a life ring to shipmate Joseph McGovern.
Remarks	Frank was born in Czechoslovakia. Note that the young man in the photo above has not yet been verified as the Frank Cermak who was lost on USS S-17.  Please contact us if you can identify him.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
 

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