Rank/Rate	Boatswain's Mate, First Class
Service Number	214 49 93
Birth Date	October 16, 1904
From	Newburgh, New York
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Canopus (AS-9) (previously on USS Luzon)
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)
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