Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	381 39 94
Birth Date	June 14, 1920
From	Tucson, Arizona
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	Charles was born in Ernestville, Tennessee. Photo is from the University of Arizona “Desert” yearbook, 1939, Rifle Team.

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

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