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Rank/Rate |
Seaman, First Class |
Service Number |
337 39 11 |
Birth Date |
October 26, 1919 |
From |
Casey, Illinois |
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 |
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