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Rank/Rate |
Seaman, Second Class |
Service Number |
295 54 81 |
Birth Date |
November 7, 1918 |
From |
Dyersburg, Tennessee |
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 |
David was born in Friendship, Tennessee. |
Photo courtesy of Delba Samuels, niece. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
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