World War II Honoree

Sysler Brown Futrell

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Paducah, Kentucky

Honored By

Morris E. Futrell

Relationship

Brother

ENLISTED IN NAVY DURING 1940. SERVED ON FOUR (4) DIFFERENT SUBMARINES, AS ELECTRICIAN'S MATE, ALL IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS DURING WWII: USS RASHER SS-269, USS BILLFISH SS-286, USS GRAYLING SS-209, USS PLUNGER SS-179. PARTICIPATED IN SEVEN (7) COMBAT PATROLS, DURING WHICH SUBMARINES ON WHICH HE SERVED WERE ATTACKED WITH 583 JAPANESE DEPTH CHARGES, NONE OF WHICH CAUSED SERIOUS DAMAGE. WHILE SERVING AS CREW MEMBER, SUBMARINES WERE CREDITED WITH SINKING OR DAMAGING 158,000 TONS OF JAPANESE SHIPPING. HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM NAVY DURING 1946.