Rank/Rate	Signalman, First Class
Service Number	380 68 59
Birth Date	November 20, 1911
From	Anaheim, California
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death	September 7, 1944
Location	Aboard the Hellship Shinyo Maru, near Liley, Sindangan Province, Mindanao, Philippine Islands
Circumstances	Died when Shinyo Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Paddle (SS-263)
Remarks	Robert was born in Detroit, Oregon.

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