Rank/Rate	Patternmaker, Second Class
Service Number	375 96 73
Birth Date	November 22, 1919
From	Berkeley, California
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	Ross was born in McCloud, California.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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