Walter Ross Tolson

Rank/Rate: Seaman, First Class

Service Number: 295 01 60

Birth Date: *

From: Fountain City, Tennessee

Decorations:   None

Submarine: USS S-4 (SS-109)

Loss Date: December 17, 1927

Location: Off Provincetown, Massachusetts

Circumstances: Sank after collision with USCG Paulding

Remarks: *Information needed. Photo courtesy of Perry Barker via Art Barker.

NavSource,  Submarine Photo Archive for the USS S-4 (SS-109)

Click here for a list of men lost on the USS S-4 (SS-109)

Find a Grave Memorial: Walter Ross Tolson, Knoxville National Cemetery, Knoxville, Tennessee

Return to Lost Tennessean Roster

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Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

Perpetuating the memories of submariners who didn’t come home

Chairman: Mike Anderson (SK2(SS)USN) | President: Patrick Ryan (YNC(SS), LCDR USN)

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