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

Service Number: 640 21 74

Birth Date: February 13, 1922

From: Nashville, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Robalo (SS-273)

Loss Date: July 26, 1944

Location: Probably off the east coast of Balabac Island, PI

Circumstances: Sunk by a mine

Remarks: Jack was born in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee. Photo and information courtesy of Grady B Hurst, brother.

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: MoMM2 Jack Akers Hurst (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)