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Virgil Ford McClatchey

Virgil Ford McClatchey

Purple HeartPrisoner of War Medal

Rank/Rate Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number 316 60 42
Birth Date May 1, 1920
From Palisade, Nebraska
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 Virgil was born in York, Nebraska.

Photo courtesy of Loren Bender. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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