Rank/Rate: Machinist’s Mate, First Class

Service Number: 641 60 07

Birth Date: December 17, 1924

From: Nashville, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS S-44 (SS-155)

Loss Date: October 7, 1943

Location: Off Paramushiru, Northern Kuriles

Circumstances: Sunk by Japanese destroyer

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

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS S-44 (SS-155)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS S-44 (SS-155)

Find a Grave Memorial: MM3 Frederick “Fred” Giles, Jr (Honolulu Memorial)