Rank/Rate Lieutenant
Service Number 0-165842
Birth Date October 8, 1920
From Boston, Massachusetts
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date October 3, 1944
Location Between the Philippines and Indonesia
Circumstances Sunk in error by USS Rowell
Paul was born on 8 October 1920 in Ossining, New York. He was appointed from Massachusetts and reported to the Academy on 19 July 1939. After graduation he underwent training in submarines in Key West, Florida and New London, Connecticut and then served in the Submarine S-20 in the Atlantic. In May 1944 he went to the Pacific for further training and there joined the Submarine USS SEAWOLF in July of that year. Paul was lost on 6 October 1944 when the SEAWOLF failed to return because of enemy action from a special mission in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands.
He was awarded the Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. He was survived by his wife Jean Ellen and their son Peter. Jean has remarried and her name is Mrs. Ian D. Eaton and was last known to reside at 315 S. Black Street, Syracuse, New York.
Contributor: Family Friend (47384645)
Service Number 0-165842
Birth Date October 8, 1920
From Boston, Massachusetts
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date October 3, 1944
Location Between the Philippines and Indonesia
Circumstances Sunk in error by USS Rowell
Paul was born on 8 October 1920 in Ossining, New York. He was appointed from Massachusetts and reported to the Academy on 19 July 1939. After graduation he underwent training in submarines in Key West, Florida and New London, Connecticut and then served in the Submarine S-20 in the Atlantic. In May 1944 he went to the Pacific for further training and there joined the Submarine USS SEAWOLF in July of that year. Paul was lost on 6 October 1944 when the SEAWOLF failed to return because of enemy action from a special mission in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands.
He was awarded the Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. He was survived by his wife Jean Ellen and their son Peter. Jean has remarried and her name is Mrs. Ian D. Eaton and was last known to reside at 315 S. Black Street, Syracuse, New York.
Contributor: Family Friend (47384645)
Rank/Rate Lieutenant
Service Number 0-165842
Birth Date October 8, 1920
From Boston, Massachusetts
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date October 3, 1944
Location Between the Philippines and Indonesia
Circumstances Sunk in error by USS Rowell
Paul was born on 8 October 1920 in Ossining, New York. He was appointed from Massachusetts and reported to the Academy on 19 July 1939. After graduation he underwent training in submarines in Key West, Florida and New London, Connecticut and then served in the Submarine S-20 in the Atlantic. In May 1944 he went to the Pacific for further training and there joined the Submarine USS SEAWOLF in July of that year. Paul was lost on 6 October 1944 when the SEAWOLF failed to return because of enemy action from a special mission in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands.
He was awarded the Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. He was survived by his wife Jean Ellen and their son Peter. Jean has remarried and her name is Mrs. Ian D. Eaton and was last known to reside at 315 S. Black Street, Syracuse, New York.
Contributor: Family Friend (47384645)
Service Number 0-165842
Birth Date October 8, 1920
From Boston, Massachusetts
Decorations Purple Heart
Submarine USS Seawolf (SS-197)
Loss Date October 3, 1944
Location Between the Philippines and Indonesia
Circumstances Sunk in error by USS Rowell
Paul was born on 8 October 1920 in Ossining, New York. He was appointed from Massachusetts and reported to the Academy on 19 July 1939. After graduation he underwent training in submarines in Key West, Florida and New London, Connecticut and then served in the Submarine S-20 in the Atlantic. In May 1944 he went to the Pacific for further training and there joined the Submarine USS SEAWOLF in July of that year. Paul was lost on 6 October 1944 when the SEAWOLF failed to return because of enemy action from a special mission in the vicinity of the Philippine Islands.
He was awarded the Purple Heart, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. He was survived by his wife Jean Ellen and their son Peter. Jean has remarried and her name is Mrs. Ian D. Eaton and was last known to reside at 315 S. Black Street, Syracuse, New York.
Contributor: Family Friend (47384645)
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Massachusetts.
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