Rank/Rate: Motor Machinist’s Mate, First Class

Service Number: 295 38 90

Birth Date: July 12, 1918

From: Knoxville, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Capelin (SS-289)

Loss Date: December 2, 1943

Location: Off Celebes possibly off Kaoe Bay

Circumstances: Lost at sea, cause unknown

Remarks: Photo and information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer and Christopher Secrest.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS CAPELIN (SS-289)

Find a Grave Memorial: MoMM1 Claude William Roberts (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Capelin (SS-289)