Rank/Rate: Fire Controlman, Second Class

Service Number: 640 16 76

Birth Date: May 31, 1917

From: Lenoir City, 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

Remarks: Photo courtesy of Joe Harper. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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: FC2 Joseph Kirby Harper (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial)