Elmer Howard Russell

 Rank/Rate:    Seaman, Second Class

Service Number:    641 23 56

Birth Date:    July 25, 1921

From:    Maryville, Tennessee

Decorations:    Purple Heart

Submarine:    USS Pickerel (SS-177)

Loss Date:    April 3, 1943

Location:    Off Honshu, Japan

Circumstances:    Probably sunk by depth charge attack

Remarks:    Photo courtesy of Nathan B. Weinbaum, Director of Veterans Affairs/Veterans Service Officer, Blount County.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS PICKEREL (SS-177)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Pickerel (SS-177)

Find a Grave Memorial: S2 Elmer Howard Russell (Honolulu Memorial).  Elmer Russell has a cenotaph in the family plot of Chilhowee View Cemetery at Maryville, Tennessee.

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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