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Rank/Rate |
Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class |
Service Number |
393 21 23 |
Birth Date |
December 23, 1916 |
From |
Portland, Oregon |
Decorations |
Bronze 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 |
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Photo courtesy of Ross Betzer, Multnomah (Oregon) County Central Library, via Norm Rutan. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
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