Rank/Rate	Chief Pharmacist's Mate
Service Number	214 61 25
Birth Date	March 3, 1907
From	Alexandria, Virginia
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Submarine	USS Seadragon (SS-194)
Loss Date	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	Arthur was born in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey.

Photo and information courtesy of Alan Diaz, grand-nephew, via Paul W. Wittmer.

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