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Benjamin Franklin Coon

Benjamin Franklin Coon

Purple HeartPrisoner of War Medal

Rank/Rate Carpenter's Mate, Third Class
Service Number 321 14 77
Birth Date January 7, 1918 
From Des Moines, Iowa
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 Benjamin was born in Carlisle, Iowa.

Photo courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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