Date of birth:

September 11th, 1903

Date of death:

April 17th, 1959 (Hicksville/New York, United States)

Service number:

2381950

Nationality:

American

Saved 28 men as ship was engaged and sunk by the Japanese Fleet.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Machinist's Mate First Class

Unit:

U.S.S. Houston (CA-3), U.S. Navy

"Machinist's Mate First Class Luke Dunbar Colliton (NSN: 2381950), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the sinking of his ship the U.S.S. HOUSTON (CA-3), on 28 February 1942, and was interned as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control in 1945."

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