World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Francis Dunham
Branch of Service
U.S. Merchant Marine
Hometown
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Alexander Jacobs, Jr.
SERVED AS AN ENGINEER ON BOARD THE MERCHANT SHIP 'OLOPANA' WHICH WAS TORPEDOED BY GERMAN U-255 WHILE ENROUTE FROM PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA TO ARCHANGEL, RUSSIA AS PART OF CONVOY PQ-17 ON JULY 8,1942. LOST NEAR YUZHNY ISLAND. AWARDED THE MERCHANT MARINER'S MEDAL AND MERCHANT MARINE WWII VICTORY MEDAL.