Rank/Rate: Torpedoman’s Mate, First Class

Service Number: 295 39 91

Birth Date: August 21, 1920

From: Harriman, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Wahoo (SS-238)

Loss Date: October 11, 1943

Location: In La Perouse Strait, Northern Japan

Circumstances: Sunk by a combination of air attack and depth charging

Remarks: Kindred was born in Millen, Georgia.  Photo above and information courtesy of C. T. Johnson, brother.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Wahoo (SS-238)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Wahoo (SS-238)

Find a Grave Memorial: TM1 Kindred Bernelle Johnson (Honolulu Memorial). Kindred Johnson has a cenotaph at the family plot of Lawnville Cemetery in Lawnville, Tennessee.