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Kenneth Carl France

Kenneth Carl France

  Purple HeartPrisoner of War Medal

Rank/Rate Machinist's Mate, First Class
Service Number 382 09 15
Birth Date September 2, 1920
From Los Angeles, California
Decorations Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death October 24, 1944
Location Aboard the Hellship Arisan Maru
Circumstances Died when Arisan Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Shark (SS-314)
Remarks Kenneth had previously been injured during a bombing attack on December 29, 1941.

Photo and information courtesy of Ed C. Hiles, grandnephew.

 

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