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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

John Robert Walsh

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Chicago, Illinois

Honored By

U.S. Submarine Veteran

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

He was killed in action with the loss of 84 officers and men, on board USS HERRING (SS-233) on her 8th War Patrol. Decorations: Purple Heart. HERRING, under Lieutenant Commander David Zabriskie, Jr., left Pearl Harbor on 16 May 1944 to conduct her eighth patrol in the Kurile Islands. On 21 May she topped off with fuel at Midway and departed for the Kurile region. HERRING was expected at Midway by 3 or 4 July. When she had not appeared by 13 July 1944, HERRING was reported as presumed lost. HERRING was sunk on 1 June 1944, two kilometers south of Point Tagan on Matsuwa Island in the Kuriles in the vicinity of Coordinates Latitude: 48° 01' N Longitude: 153° 17'E.