Date20-Nov-1954
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationWilkes Islet Lagoon (Pacific Ocean north of the Marshall Islands)
ActivitySpearfishing
SpeciesBlacktip reef shark, 1.5 m [5']
InjuryShoulder bitten
VictimJames L. Oetzel, Male
Time15h00
SourceJ. L. Oetzel, NOTE: H.D. Baldridge, p.143 lists date as March 20, 1954
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