Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	287 28 77
Birth Date	July 7, 1920
From	Ashland, Kentucky
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)
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Photo and information courtesy of Patti R. Katter, grandniece. Additional information courtesy of Mary Mihovich.

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