James Lester Roberts

Rank/Rate:    Ship’s Cook, Third Class

Service Number:    640 50 45

Birth Date:    June 16, 1921

From:    Lexington, Tennessee

Decorations:    Purple Heart

Submarine:    USS Tang (SS-306)

Loss Date:    October 25, 1944

Location:    North end of Formosa Strait

Circumstances:    Sunk by circular run of own torpedo

Remarks:     Photo courtesy of Wayne Roberts.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS TANG (SS-306)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Tang (SS-306)

Find a Grave Memorial: CK3c James Lester Roberts (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)

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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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