Milton Lawrence Francis

Rank/Rate:    Motor Machinist’s Mate, Third Class

Service Number:    750 51 17

Birth Date:    October 6, 1923

From:    Memphis, Tennessee

Decorations:    Purple Heart

Submarine:    USS Grayback (SS-208)

Loss Date:    February 26, 1944

Location:    Near 25° 47’N x 128° 45’E, south of Okinawa

Circumstances:    Sunk by air attack

Remarks:     Photo courtesy of Martis Donald Ramage, Jr., cousin.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS GRAYBACK (SS-208)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Grayback (SS-208)

Find a Grave Memorial: Milton Lawrence Francis (Honolulu 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)

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