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Verneth Gene Anderson

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Verneth Gene Anderson

Birth
McCracken County, Kentucky, USA
Death
26 Jul 1953 (aged 23)
Marshall County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Gene Anderson, while on leave from the U.S. Navy, married Miss June Holt on July 19, 1953. On Sunday, July 26 they announced their wedding. That afternoon, Gene, a submarine crewman, rented a boat and took his bride and aunt out on KY Lake to show them how a submarine escape lung worked. Although he was an expert swimmer, tragically, something went wrong and Gene drowned.
Gene Anderson, while on leave from the U.S. Navy, married Miss June Holt on July 19, 1953. On Sunday, July 26 they announced their wedding. That afternoon, Gene, a submarine crewman, rented a boat and took his bride and aunt out on KY Lake to show them how a submarine escape lung worked. Although he was an expert swimmer, tragically, something went wrong and Gene drowned.

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