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)