William Edward Erhart
Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 655 34 76
Birth Date September 14, 1922
From Clatskanie, Oregon
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS S-44 (SS-155)
Loss Date October 7, 1943
Location Off Paramushiru, Northern Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by Japanese destroyer
Remarks William was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
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56 sailors lost their lives and the S-44 earned 2 battle stars during World War II. Two sailors, Chief Torpedoman's Mate Ernest A. Duva and Radioman Third Class William F. Whitmore, were picked up by the destroyer. Taken initially to Paramushiro, then to the Naval Interrogation Camp at Ofuna, the two submariners spent the last year of World War II working in the Ashio copper mines. They were repatriated by the Allies at the end of the war.

William Edward Erhart
Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 655 34 76
Birth Date September 14, 1922
From Clatskanie, Oregon
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS S-44 (SS-155)
Loss Date October 7, 1943
Location Off Paramushiru, Northern Kuriles
Circumstances Sunk by Japanese destroyer
Remarks William was born in Memphis, Tennessee.

Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
*************************************
56 sailors lost their lives and the S-44 earned 2 battle stars during World War II. Two sailors, Chief Torpedoman's Mate Ernest A. Duva and Radioman Third Class William F. Whitmore, were picked up by the destroyer. Taken initially to Paramushiro, then to the Naval Interrogation Camp at Ofuna, the two submariners spent the last year of World War II working in the Ashio copper mines. They were repatriated by the Allies at the end of the war.

Bio by: Greg Raike