Rank/Rate	Machinist's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	342 26 72
Birth Date	May 6, 1915
From	Horton, Kansas
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	Edgar was born in Whiting, Kansas.  He was a member of the Kickapoo of Kansas tribe.

Information courtesy of JoAnne Grandstaff, niece, and Paul W. Wittmer.

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