Rank/Rate: Electrician’s Mate, Third Class

Service Number: 337 27 75

Birth Date: November 15, 1921

From: Champaign, Illinois

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Kete (SS-369)

Loss Date: March 20, 1945

Location: Between 29-38N 130-02E and Midway

Circumstances: Lost at sea, cause unknown

Remarks: Elmer was born in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo and information courtesy of Paul Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Kete (SS-369)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Kete (SS-369)

Find a Grave Memorial: Elmer Ellsworth Gwinn, Jr (Honolulu Memorial)