Rank/Rate	Chief Machinist's Mate
Service Number	320 85 76
Birth Date	October 15, 1913
From	San Diego, California
Decorations	Prisoner of War Medal
Submarine	USS Sealion (SS-195)
Date of Death	August 9, 1942 (uncertain)
Location	Cabanatuan, Prison Camp #3, Philippine Islands
Circumstances	Captured while aboard USS FISHERIES II after SEALION was scuttled; died of dysentery
Remarks	Howard was born in Kirkwood, Nebraska.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer and David Wright.

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