Andrew Jordan Carter

*Photo Needed

Rank/Rate:    Steward’s Mate, First Class

Service Number:    810 84 23

Birth Date:    November 29, 1923

From:    New York, New York

Decorations:    Purple Heart

Submarine:    USS Trigger (SS-237)

Loss Date:    March 28, 1945

Location:    In area 32° 16’N to 30° 40’N by 132° 05’E to 127° 50’E

Circumstances:    Probably sunk by air and surface attack

Remarks:    Andrew was born in Memphis, Tennessee.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS TRIGGER (SS-237)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Trigger (SS-237)

Find a Grave Memorial: StM1c Andrew Jordan Carter (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)

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