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<i class="material-icons" data-template="memories-icon">account_balance</i><br/>Ryder Mathison, Navy, Electrician's Mate, First Class<br/>Posted by: Stephen Kamei<br/><div class='remember-wall-long-description'>Ryder Mathison
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Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, First Class
Service Number	320 65 60
Birth Date	March 15, 1906
From	Sioux City, Iowa
Decorations	Purple Heart
Submarine	USS Grunion (SS-216)
Loss Date	July 30, 1942
Location	Near entrance to Kiska Harbor, Alaska
Circumstances	Sunk by armed Japanese freighter Kano Maru
Remarks	 
Photo and information courtesy of Bobbi Mathison Heims, daughter; Stephen Kamei, grandson; Lynne Blinco Earle and Bev Douwstra, nieces.</div><a class='btn btn-primary btn-sm mt-2 remember-wall-toggle-long-description' onclick='initRememberWallToggleLongDescriptionBtn(this)'>Learn more</a> Ryder Mathison, Navy
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