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Rank/Rate |
Coxswain |
Service Number |
283 36 89 |
Birth Date |
July 25, 1920 |
From |
Canton, Ohio |
Decorations |
Silver Star, 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 |
Waid was born in Russell, Arkansas. He was
attached to the 4th Marines on May 6, 1942 at Corregidor,
Philippine Islands. |
Photo courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
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