Ray Hunter

Rank/Rate:   Seaman, Second Class

Service Number:   668 73 86

Birth Date:   February 26, 1925

From:   Hayti, Missouri

Decorations:   Purple Heart

Submarine:   USS Argonaut (SS-166)

Loss Date:   January 10, 1943

Location:   Near Rabaul (05° 155’N, 153° 50’E)

Circumstances:   Sunk by surface attack and depth charges

Remarks:   Ray was born in Memphis, Tennessee.  Photo and information courtesy of Jim and Benita Schumacher.  Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource,  Submarine Photo Archive for the USS ARGONAUT (SS-166)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Argonaut (SS-166)

Find a Grave Memorial: S2 Ray Hunter (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)

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)

The TSMA is a nonprofit memorial association registered as a 501(c) tax exempt organization and is registered with the Tennessee Secretary of State to receive charitable donations. Please make the TSMA one of the charities that you support.  You can make a donation here or send a check made to: Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association, c/o 309 Church Street, #107, Nashville, TN 37201.

Here’s our nonprofit (501(c)3) designation letter [link]

Here’s our State of Tennessee registration to solicit charitable donations [link]

Thank you for your help commemorating the Tennesseans who gave their lives as American Submariners in the service of the United States Navy.

Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association

c/o 309 Church Street, #107 Nashville, TN 37201