Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	279 67 82
Birth Date	October 30, 1921
From	Dayton, Ohio
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	Harry was born in Lima, Ohio.

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

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