Leo Diederich and Mary Ternes Relatives--Details (revised) - Person Sheet
Leo Diederich and Mary Ternes Relatives--Details (revised) - Person Sheet
NameDonald Lawrence Diederich 
Birth3 Jan 1923, East Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Death19 Nov 1943, North of Oroluk Island near Truk, Pacific Ocean
OccupationElectrician’s Mate, Third Class, U.S. Navy
FlagsMilitary
FatherRaymond Lawrence Diederich (1897-1981)
MotherMary V. Cooligan (1898-1982)
Notes for Donald Lawrence Diederich
Source: www.findagrave.com; and Ancestry.com—Honolulu, Hawaii, National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl), 1941-2011; U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963; and www.history.navy.mil/library/online/sublosses/sublosses_sculpin.htm.
Donald served on the United States submarine Sculpin (S.S. 191). The Sculpin engaged in combat with the Japanese Navy near Truk, now Chuuk, a part of the Caroline Islands in the southwestern Pacific. The story of the loss of the Sculpin can be found at www.history.navy.mil/library/online/sublosses/sublosses_sculpin.htm.
His photo can be seen at www.oneternalpatrol.com/diederich-d-l.htm.
His parents’ tombstone includes the inscription “Donald L., U.S.N.R. E.M. 3/C, 1923 - Lost at Sea - 1943.
Donald served on the United States submarine Sculpin (S.S. 191). The Sculpin engaged in combat with the Japanese Navy near Truk, now Chuuk, a part of the Caroline Islands in the southwestern Pacific. The story of the loss of the Sculpin can be found at www.history.navy.mil/library/online/sublosses/sublosses_sculpin.htm.
His photo can be seen at www.oneternalpatrol.com/diederich-d-l.htm.
His parents’ tombstone includes the inscription “Donald L., U.S.N.R. E.M. 3/C, 1923 - Lost at Sea - 1943.