James Doran Smith
Submarine USS Corvina SS-226
Loss Date November 16, 1943
Location Just south of Truk
Circumstances Probably sunk by Japanese submarine I-176
The USS Corvina was sunk by enemy forces. A memorial to the crew can be found outside the Naval Weapons Station in Seal Beach, California.
James Smith was lost at sea and is memorialized at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii and Winston Chapel Cemetery, Roane Co., TN
- Rank: Lieutenant Junior Grade
- Date of birth: 11 November 1915
- Date of death: 16 November 1943
- County: Roane
- Hometown: Rockwood
- Service Branch: Navy
- Division/Assignment: USS Corvina (SS-226)
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Awards: Purple Heart
- Burial/Memorial Location: Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Location In Memorial: Pillar XVII, Top Panel
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