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Pye, John Briscoe

Name and Rank, Lieutenant Commander John Briscoe Pye.

Unit/Placed in, USS Swordfish (SS-193) Submarine, United States Navy.

 

John was born approx. on Aug. 25, 1917 in Washington, District of Columbia.

 

Father, William S. Pye.

Mother, Annie E. (Briscoe) Pye.

Brother, William S. Pye Jr.

 

John entered  the service from District of Columbia with service number # 0-082755.

 

John B. Pye was a Lieutenant Commander in the United States Navy.

 

John was KIA when the Sub was Sunk by the Japanese Imperial Navy near the Ryukyu Islands on Jan. 12, 1945, he is honored with a Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

John is buried at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA.

Courts of the Missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

 

Thanks to http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-swordfish-193.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/    Geoffrey Roecker

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

National Historian

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org

Website,

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

USS-Swordfish (SS-193) Submarine
Crew
USS Swordfish Memorial
USS Swordfish Memorial
USS Swordfish Memorial
John Briscoe Pye
His rank Lieutenant Commander
Location wreck