George Clemont Wallis

Rank/Rate:    Signalman, Third Class

Service Number:    640 51 41

Birth Date:    May 25, 1923

From:    Jackson, Tennessee

Decorations:    Purple Heart

Submarine:    USS Tullibee (SS-284)

Loss Date:    March 26, 1944

Location:    North of Pelews

Circumstances:    Sunk by circular run of own torpedo

Remarks:     Photo courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer. Information courtesy of David S Wallis, 2nd cousin.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS TULLIBEE (SS-284)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Tullibee (SS-284)

Find a Grave Memorial: George Clemont Wallis (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial). George Wallis has a Cenotaph at the family plot at Highlands Memorial Gardens in Jackson, 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