Date of birth:

December 3rd, 1915 (Town Creek/Alabama, United States)

Date of death:

July 30th, 1945 (Near Guam, Mariana Islands)

Mentioned on:

American Cemetery and Memorial Manila

Service number:

9399651

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

The Japanese submarine I-58 torpedoed the the USS Indianapolis on 30 July 1945. It had just delivered key components (enriched uranium) for the world's first operational atomic bomb to the island of Tinian in the South Pacific. James Nunley was Fireman 1st class on the ship when it was torpedoed.

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