Rank/Rate: Radioman, Third Class

Service Number: 295 83 57

Birth Date: April 5, 1923

From: Erwin, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Grayling (SS-209)

Loss Date: September 9, 1943

Location: In or near Tablas Strait, Philippine Islands

Circumstances: Lost at sea, cause unknown

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Grayling (SS-209)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Grayling (SS-209)

Find a Grave Memorial: RM3 Donald Lewis Keplinger (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial). Donald Keplinger has a cenotaph at the family plot of Evergreen Cemetery in Erwin, Tennessee.