Rank/Rate	Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	299 92 01
Birth Date	June 2, 1917
From	Butlerville, Indiana
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death	December 15, 1944
Location	Aboard the Hellship Oryoku Maru
Circumstances	Died when Oryoku Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by US Navy planes from USS Hornet
Remarks	James was born in Harrodsburg, Kentucky.

Photo courtesy of Orletta Roth, niece. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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