Rank/Rate: Motor Machinist’s Mate, First Class
Service Number: 600 72 70
Birth Date: April 2, 1914
From: Dryden, New York
Decorations: Purple Heart
Submarine: USS Robalo (SS-273)
Loss Date: July 26, 1944
Location: Off the east coast of Balabac Island, PI
Circumstances: Sunk by a mine
Remarks: Charles was born in Harriman, Tennessee. Photo above and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Robalo (SS-273)
On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Robalo (SS-273)
Find a Grave Memorial: MoMM1 Charles Alfred Root (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial). Charles Root has a cenotaph at the family plot in Willow Glen Cemetery in Dryden, New York.