Rank/Rate	Boatswain's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	274 09 66
Birth Date	June 26, 1911
From	Medford, Oregon
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	John was born in Port Barre, Louisiana.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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