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Howard Merton Coomber

Graduating Class of 1921
Served in World War II

Lieutenant
Howard Merton Coomber

Navy

Hometown

Kansas City, MO

Date of Birth

Location of Death

Okinawa, Japan

Date of Death

Location of Burial

Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, MO

More About Lieutenant Coomber

Lieutenant Coomber was killed May 3, 1945, when a shell struck near his ship off Okinawa. Mr. Coomber had been an attorney and operated the Coomber Realty & Investment Co., in Kansas City. He had also served in WWI.