Rank/Rate	Storekeeper, First Class
Service Number	272 04 97
Birth Date	April 12, 1916
From	Cullman, Alabama
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death	September 7, 1944
Location	Aboard the Hellship Shinyo Maru, near Liley, Sindangan Province, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Circumstances	Died when Shinyo Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Paddle (SS-263)
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