Rank/Rate:   Gunner’s Mate, First Class

Service Number:   295 37 45

Birth Date: April 5, 1920

From: Goodlettsville, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Grunion (SS-216)

Loss Date: July 30, 1942

Location: Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska

Circumstances: Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru

Remarks: Photo courtesy of Bruce Abele.  Information courtesy of Mary Bentz.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS GRUNION (SS-216)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Grunion (SS-216)

Find a Grave Memorial: GM1 Samuel Templeton (Honolulu Memorial)