Rank/Rate	Machinist's Mate, First Class
Service Number	356 04 02
Birth Date	March 2, 1920
From	Creede, Colorado
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Pigeon (ASR-6)
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	Ralph was born in Tonkawa, Oklahoma.

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