Rank/Rate: Motor Machinist’s Mate, First Class
Service Number: 295 53 96
Birth Date: December 23, 1914
From: Medina, Tennessee
Submarine: USS S-28 (SS-133)
Loss Date: July 4, 1944
Location: Off Hawaii
Circumstances: Foundered during training
Remarks: John was born in Lexington, Tennessee. Some sources list his birth date as December 23, 1915. Photo and information courtesy of Barbara Haney Shepard, cousin. Additional information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS S-28 (SS-133)
On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS S-28 (SS-133)
Find a Grave Memorial: MoMM1 John Rufus “JR” Haney (Honolulu Memorial). John Haney has a Cenotaph at the family plot in Centerville Cemetery in Medina, Tennessee.