Rank/Rate	Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Service Number	O-109016
Birth Date	April 12, 1918
From	New York, New York
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Otus (AS-20)
Date of Death	January 30, 1945
Location	POW Camp Fukuoka-04-Kokura Military Hospital
Circumstances	Wounded in bombing of Cavite Navy Yard on December 10, 1941.  He was in Sternberg General Hospital when Manila fell on January 2, 1942.  He was taken to POW Camp in Japan, and died of Acute Enteritis.
Remarks	Arthur was born in Fall River, Massachusetts.  Most sources list him as an Ensign.

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