Kindred Bernelle Johnson

Rank/Rate:    Torpedoman’s Mate, First Class

Service Number:    295 39 91

Birth Date:    August 21, 1920

From:    Harriman, Tennessee

Decorations:    Purple Heart

Submarine:    USS Wahoo (SS-238)

Loss Date:    October 11, 1943

Location:    In La Perouse Strait, Northern Japan

Circumstances:    Sunk by a combination of air attack and depth charging

Remarks:    Kindred was born in Millen, Georgia.  Photo above and information courtesy of C. T. Johnson, brother.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS WAHOO (SS-238)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Wahoo (SS-238)

Find a Grave Memorial: TM1 Kindred Bernelle Johnson (Honolulu Memorial).  Kindred Johnson has a cenotaph at the family plot of Lawnville Cemetery in Lawnville, 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