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Coe, James Wiggins

Date of birth:
June 13th, 1909 (Richmond/Indiana, United States)
Date of death:
September 28th, 1943 (In Sulu Sea west of Mindinao, Pacific)
Nationality:
American (1776 - present, Republic)

Biography

Service Number 0-063137, commanding officer on USS Cisco (SS-290). Probably sunk by air and surface attack in the Sulu Sea west of Mindanao in the Philippines..
Commander James Wiggins Coe, was declared dead January 8, 1946.
His name is honored on the "Tablets of the Missing" at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Commander
Unit:
USS Cisco (SS-290)
Navy Cross
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:
Commander
Unit:
USS Cisco (SS-290)
Purple Heart

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