Rank/Rate	Machinist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	279 61 67
Birth Date	July 13, 1918
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	Vernon was born in Detroit, Michigan.

Photo courtesy of Norm Rutan. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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