{"id":829,"date":"2020-05-07T15:55:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-07T20:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/design\/?page_id=829"},"modified":"2024-06-23T21:22:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-24T02:22:58","slug":"53-charles-alfred-root-born-harriman-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tennsub.org\/design\/53-charles-alfred-root-born-harriman-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"53 Charles Alfred Root, Born Harriman, Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Charles Alfred Root<\/h2>\r\n
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Charles Alfred Root<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n

Rank\/Rate:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Motor Machinist’s Mate, First Class<\/p>\r\n

Service Number:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 600 72 70<\/p>\r\n

Birth Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 April 2, 1914<\/p>\r\n

From:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dryden, New York<\/p>\r\n

Decorations:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Purple Heart<\/p>\r\n

Submarine:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USS Robalo (SS-273)<\/p>\r\n

Loss Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 July 26, 1944<\/p>\r\n

Location:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Off the east coast of Balabac Island, PI<\/p>\r\n

Circumstances:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sunk by a mine<\/p>\r\n

Remarks:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charles was born in Harriman, Tennessee.\u00a0 Photo above and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.<\/p>\r\n

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the\u00a0USS ROBALO (SS-273)<\/a><\/p>\r\n

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the\u00a0USS Robalo (SS-273)<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Find a Grave Memorial: MoMM1 Charles Alfred Root<\/a> (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial). Charles Root<\/a> has a cenotaph at the family plot in Willow Glen Cemetery in Dryden, New York.<\/p>\r\n

Return to Lost Tennessean Roster<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association<\/h3>\r\n

Perpetuating the memories of submariners who didn\u2019t come home<\/em><\/p>\r\n

Chairman: Mike Anderson (SK2(SS)USN) | President: Patrick Ryan (YNC(SS), LCDR USN)<\/p>\r\n

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.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\r\n

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Here’s our nonprofit (501(c)3) designation letter [link<\/a>] Here’s our State of Tennessee registration to solicit charitable donations [link<\/a>]<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/form><\/div>\r\n

Thank you for your help commemorating the Tennesseans who gave their lives as American Submariners in the service of the United States Navy.<\/h3>\r\n

Tennessee Submarine Memorial Association <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

c\/o 309 Church Street, #107 Nashville, TN 37201<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\r\n

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