Rank/Rate	Boatswain (Warrant Officer from June 25, 1942)
Service Number	196600
Birth Date	June 3, 1915
From	Livermore, Colorado
Decorations	Bronze Star, 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	Eugene was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  The photo above was taken in San Diego in 1934.

Photo courtesy of Sandra Gammon, cousin.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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