Age (reported) 32. 2209 Westwood Avenue, Baltimore, MD. Born in Maryland. Died of burns (death certificate). Gunner's Mate, 2nd class, U.S. Navy. Was attached to the naval submarine U.S.S. Scamp, based at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH. Companion (or companions) if any at the club unknown. One of 60 "probable identifications" listed Sunday morning (8:00 a.m.) by Boston City Hospital at Southern Mortuary (all male). "Singer's nearest relative is a sister, Mrs. Helen Peraro of Baltimore" (Portsmouth Herald, 11/30/1942). With the same sister was already confined to an orphanage when his father in 1916, "...was arrested on a warrant sworn out by his wife. She testified that he was nearly always drunk and earned no money" (The Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD, 3/14/1916). Father at the time lodged in a boarding room (with his wife and mother, and three younger siblings), "...so small that a lamp had to be burned all day long...to give sufficient light" (The Evening Sun, 3/14/1916). Was raised from infancy at St. Vincent's Male Orphan Asylum, in Baltimore. Navy enlistment on 11/05/1938, in San Diego, CA. Re-enlisted upon expiration of service the past November 5. The Baltimore address above (shown on the official November 1943 Boston Committee on Public Safety casualties list) was that of his married older sister and her husband (neither present). Was single. Age shown above was that reported on his death certificate (informant: "U.S. Naval Hospital, Chelsea, MA"), actual age was more likely about 36 years based on other information (no known birth certificate). Late parents Mr. and Mrs. George J. and Margaret (Telmeyer) Singer. The above diesel-powered sub U.S.S. Scamp was later exploded by Japanese depth charges outside Tokyo Bay on 11/11/1944, with loss of all on board. Burial at U.S. National Cemetery, Baltimore. Middle name Lawrence.

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