Rank/Rate	Machinist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	342 10 02
Birth Date	June 12, 1920
From	Kansas City, Missouri
Decorations	Silver 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	Lawrence was born in Macon County, Missouri.

Photo and information courtesy of Lawrence H. Acord, nephew.

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