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Rank/Rate |
Radioman, First Class |
Service Number |
291 64 00 |
Birth Date |
September 15, 1921 |
From |
Terre Haute, Indiana |
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 |
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Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
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