Date01-Aug-1941
TypeUnprovoked
CountryUSA
LocationSullivan's Island at entrance to Charleston Harbor
ActivitySwimming at edge of channel
InjuryChest lacerated
VictimHoward E. Sweatmon, a soldier, Male, 20 years old
SourceV.M. Coppleson (1958), p.153; T. Helm, p.226; NY Times, 8/3/1941, p.28
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