COE, James Wiggins  
 
PERSONALIA
 
Name:  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
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.
     
NAVY CROSS
Rank: Commander
Unit: USS Cisco (SS-290)
 
     
PURPLE HEART
Rank: Commander
Unit: USS Cisco (SS-290)
 
 
 
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Picture source:   - On Eternal Patrol
Information source(s):   - Recipients of The Navy Cross, 1916 - Present, by C. Douglas Sterner
- On Eternal Patrol
   
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