Rank/Rate: Electrician’s Mate, Third Class

Service Number: 965 88 95

Birth Date: January 6, 1919

From: Memphis, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart

Submarine: USS Bullhead (SS-332)

Loss Date: August 6, 1945

Location: West end of Lombok Strait

Circumstances: Sunk by air attack

Remarks: William was born in Brownsville, Tennessee. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Bullhead (SS-332)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Bullhead (SS-332)

Find a Grave Memorial: EM3 William Francis Greaves III (Manila American Cemetery and Memorial). William Greaves III has a cenotaph at the family plot at Trinity Cemetery in Nutbush, Tennessee.