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The submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9)
received severe damage when hit by heavy bombers on December 29,
1941. She lost six of her crew in the attack, with another six
wounded. She was
later scuttled off Manila Bay rather than face capture by the enemy.
Her crew was used in the defense of Bataan and Corregidor. A
large number of her crew died in the Philippine
Islands, during transport to POW camps in Japan, or in the camps
themselves.
The listing below is probably incomplete.
Men who are linked to a personal page on this site are in
blue text.
Photographs and personal information are needed as indicated in
the column at right.
| |
Name |
Photo |
| 1 |
David Louis Aarhaus |
Needed |
| 2 |
Chester Lee Abrams |
Needed |
| 3 |
Harry Edward Adams* |
Needed |
| 4 |
William Fabian Allard |
Needed |
| 5 |
James Douglas Allen |
Needed |
| 6 |
Eugene Allan Ambro* |
Yes |
| 7 |
John Bertram Arnaud* |
Needed |
| 8 |
Benjamin Franklin Autrey* |
Needed |
| 9 |
Robert William Baer* |
Needed |
| 10 |
Paul Reginald Baggett |
Needed |
| 11 |
Vincent Leonard Bailey |
Yes |
| 12 |
Virgil Kenneth Baldwin |
Yes |
| 13 |
Charles Sherman Barker |
Needed |
| 14 |
Woods Richardson Barlow |
Yes |
| 15 |
Donald Patrick Barrett |
Needed |
| 16 |
Robert Leon Barrows |
Needed |
| 17 |
Joseph John Beisler |
Yes |
| 18 |
Theodore Stanley Berry |
Needed |
| 19 |
John Cunninghan Brakey Biddle |
Needed |
| 20 |
Charles Acle Bishop* |
Needed |
| 21 |
Wilbur Burdett Blackburn |
Needed |
| 22 |
Dwaine Gale Bond |
Needed |
| 23 |
C. D. Bowen |
Needed |
| 24 |
William Branchen, Jr. |
Needed |
| 25 |
Ralph Emory Brendlinger |
Needed |
| 26 |
Ralph John Brennan |
Needed |
| 27 |
Richard Cloyd Brittingham |
Needed |
| 28 |
Ellis Richard Brown |
Needed |
| 29 |
William Burns* |
Yes |
| 30 |
George Dwight Butler* |
Needed |
| 31 |
Walker Kohler Byers, Jr. |
Needed |
| 32 |
Jack Rudolph Byrd |
Needed |
| 33 |
Peter Caioly |
Needed |
| 34 |
Waid Bertram Calhoun* |
Needed |
| 35 |
John Nelson Cambron |
Needed |
| 36 |
John Judson Campbell |
Needed |
| 37 |
James Edward Carpenter |
Needed |
| 38 |
William Theodore Carpenter* |
Needed |
| 39 |
John Franklin Casey* |
Needed |
| 40 |
George Reece Chaney |
Needed |
| 41 |
Joseph Gordon Chenoweth |
Yes |
| 42 |
George John Chopchik |
Needed |
| 43 |
Roy Lee Clack* |
Yes |
| 44 |
Charles Porter Claffy |
Yes |
| 45 |
Vernon Floyd Clarke |
Needed |
| 46 |
Alva Leroy Clary |
Needed |
| 47 |
Claude Dewitt Combs* |
Needed |
| 48 |
Alonzo Edgar Cook, Jr. |
Needed |
| 49 |
Benjamin Franklin Coon* |
Needed |
| 50 |
Joseph Theodore Cox* |
Needed |
| 51 |
Leonard Crane |
Needed |
| 52 |
James Hollie Darling |
Needed |
| 53 |
Leonard Joseph Deck |
Needed |
| 54 |
Vernon Melvin Deck* |
Needed |
| 55 |
Victorino Deguzman |
Needed |
| 56 |
John Porter Derrington |
Needed |
| 57 |
George Dudley Edwards |
Needed |
| 58 |
John William Elliot |
Needed |
| 59 |
Edward Howard Engblom |
Needed |
| 60 |
Henry Joseph Fisher, Jr. |
Needed |
| 61 |
Morris Alton Flagg |
Needed |
| 62 |
Clarence Stewart Foss* |
Yes |
| 63 |
Kenneth Carl France* |
Yes |
| 64 |
Orlan Elwin Fuller |
Needed |
| 65 |
Eugene Arthur Gammon* |
Needed |
| 66 |
William Burton Gay |
Needed |
| 67 |
Lawrence Junior Gibbs |
Needed |
| 68 |
Bill Edmond Gillespie |
Needed |
| 69 |
Jesse James Gilliam |
Needed |
| 70 |
Farrell Cyrus Girkin* |
Needed |
| 71 |
Robert James Gisner |
Needed |
| 72 |
Charles Francis Glover |
Needed |
| 73 |
Edgar Henry Goslin* |
Needed |
| 74 |
Joseph Anthony Granes |
Needed |
| 75 |
Dewitt Osborn Graves |
Needed |
| 76 |
Charles Ambrose Guyon |
Needed |
| 77 |
Alton Henry Hall |
Needed |
| 78 |
Joseph Ambrose Halpin |
Needed |
| 79 |
Dewey Lee Hardy |
Needed |
| 80 |
Roland Eugene Harrell |
Yes |
| 81 |
John S. Harrington |
Needed |
| 82 |
John Soloman Harris |
Yes |
| 83 |
Lamar Hugo Hartje |
Needed |
| 84 |
Jenness Peraly Haskell |
Needed |
| 85 |
Edward Warren Hastings |
Needed |
| 86 |
Bazil Muse Hatfield |
Needed |
| 87 |
Maurice Charles Havey |
Yes |
| 88 |
Adolph Hede |
Yes |
| 89 |
William Louis Hershey* |
Needed |
| 90 |
Ross Eldon Hippler* |
Needed |
| 91 |
Allen Albert Hirst* |
Needed |
| 92 |
Kermit Ward Hodges |
Needed |
| 93 |
David Carroll Howard |
Needed |
| 94 |
Frederick Christopher Howell |
Needed |
| 95 |
Ernest John Hubal |
Needed |
| 96 |
Lawrence Thomas Hughes* |
Needed |
| 97 |
Edward Jennings Hutchinson |
Needed |
| 98 |
Lester Dale Jackson |
Needed |
| 99 |
Howard Frank Jaquin |
Needed |
| 100 |
Donald C. Jenson |
Needed |
| 101 |
Arthur Johnson |
Needed |
| 102 |
Harlan Wayne Johnson |
Needed |
| 103 |
Robert Edward Johnson |
Needed |
| 104 |
William B. Jones |
Needed |
| 105 |
Leo Benedict Kalamaja* |
Needed |
| 106 |
John Edward Kanae* |
Needed |
| 107 |
Harry Edwin Karwoski* |
Needed |
| 108 |
Harold Gene Kelley |
Needed |
| 109 |
Charles Raymond Kelly |
Needed |
| 110 |
Benjamin Franklin Kennedy |
Needed |
| 111 |
Murry Bryan Kimball |
Needed |
| 112 |
Frank King |
Needed |
| 113 |
Horace Edward King |
Needed |
| 114 |
Kenneth Harold Kinney |
Needed |
| 115 |
Lloyd Elmer Klett |
Needed |
| 116 |
Adam Jack Klupp* |
Yes |
| 117 |
Mark John Koep |
Needed |
| 118 |
Charles Herman Kramb, Jr. |
Needed |
| 119 |
David Lexton Latham |
Needed |
| 120 |
Charles Frederick LeComte |
Yes |
| 121 |
George Waldon Lee* |
Needed |
| 122 |
Clifford Stanley Lesore |
Needed |
| 123 |
Robert Simon Lewis |
Needed |
| 124 |
Edward James Lloyd |
Needed |
| 125 |
John Jackson Lowrey* |
Yes |
| 126 |
Otto James Lyon* |
Needed |
| 127 |
Donald Dale Mackey |
Needed |
| 128 |
Joseph Malysicwski |
Needed |
| 129 |
Kenneth James Matchett* |
Needed |
| 130 |
Jacob Mathis |
Yes |
| 131 |
Clyde Maxwell |
Needed |
| 132 |
Richard Henry Mayberry |
Needed |
| 133 |
Virgil Ford McClatchey* |
Needed |
| 134 |
Nickolas Joseph McCormack |
Needed |
| 135 |
Charles Francis McCoy |
Needed |
| 136 |
William Thomas McCranie* |
Needed |
| 137 |
Walter Rea McCuen* |
Yes |
| 138 |
Raymond Kermit McIntire |
Needed |
| 139 |
Francis Joseph McManus |
Yes |
| 140 |
Ferdinand Frank Meringolo |
Yes |
| 141 |
Darius Thomas Midgett |
Needed |
| 142 |
Walter Herschel Mitchell |
Needed |
| 143 |
Robert Bruce Monroe |
Needed |
| 144 |
Harold Martin Moore |
Needed |
| 145 |
Keith Noel Morrell |
Needed |
| 146 |
J. Earl Moulton |
Needed |
| 147 |
Anderson Mitchell Munn |
Needed |
| 148 |
Jack Kenneth Nash* |
Needed |
| 149 |
Bethel Veech Otter |
Yes |
| 150 |
William Harrison Patrick* |
Needed |
| 151 |
Woodrow David Patterson* |
Needed |
| 152 |
Loren Boyd Penter* |
Needed |
| 153 |
Paul Edward
Perry |
Yes |
| 154 |
Herbert Laverne Phelps |
Needed |
| 155 |
George Hendrick Phifer |
Needed |
| 156 |
Clark Allen Philson |
Needed |
| 157 |
Nicholas Frank Piacun |
Needed |
| 158 |
Arthur William Pinkham |
Needed |
| 159 |
Paul Webster Pinkham* |
Needed |
| 160 |
Luther Melvin Pliler* |
Needed |
| 161 |
Frank Jay Potter |
Needed |
| 162 |
John Michael Powell* |
Yes |
| 163 |
Odeen Delano Powell* |
Needed |
| 164 |
Reese Powell |
Needed |
| 165 |
Ray Sherman Pryor |
Needed |
| 166 |
Howard William Purinton |
Yes |
| 167 |
Benjamin Nathan Rauch, Jr.* |
Needed |
| 168 |
Frederick Scott Ravin |
Needed |
| 169 |
Frank Anthony Re |
Needed |
| 170 |
Solomon Reeves |
Needed |
| 171 |
William Lloyd Reiter |
Needed |
| 172 |
William Henry Rex |
Needed |
| 173 |
Lloyd Houghten Schantz |
Needed |
| 174 |
Charles William Schnabel |
Needed |
| 175 |
William Theodore Schneider |
Needed |
| 176 |
Robert Glenn Shove |
Yes |
| 177 |
Kenneth Woodrow Shumway* |
Needed |
| 178 |
Benjamin Ford Siegel |
Needed |
| 179 |
Ansel King Simpson |
Needed |
| 180 |
Percy Henry Simpson |
Needed |
| 181 |
Peter Smetana |
Needed |
| 182 |
Howard Bruce Smith* |
Needed |
| 183 |
Julio Forest Smith |
Needed |
| 184 |
Rudolph Paul Steck |
Needed |
| 185 |
George Edward Stires |
Needed |
| 186 |
Peter Paul Swinconos* |
Needed |
| 187 |
Forest Lee Taylor* |
Needed |
| 188 |
James Leon Taylor* |
Needed |
| 189 |
Linzia Coy Teem |
Needed |
| 190 |
Thaddeus Thorpe |
Needed |
| 191 |
Arthur Joseph Thumme |
Needed |
| 192 |
Charles Richard Tinker* |
Needed |
| 193 |
George Phillip Trichler |
Needed |
| 194 |
Paul Sanford Tulloch |
Needed |
| 195 |
Lawrence Franklin Tyree* |
Needed |
| 196 |
Guy Vance |
Needed |
| 197 |
Thomas Edwin Wall |
Needed |
| 198 |
Edward Clarence Webber* |
Needed |
| 199 |
Leonard Michael Weis |
Needed |
| 200 |
John Lytle Welch |
Yes |
| 201 |
Manuel Owen Whitaker |
Needed |
| 202 |
William Douglas Wiley |
Needed |
| 203 |
John Paul Wilkens |
Needed |
| 204 |
William Wojtkielewicz* |
Needed |
| 205 |
Kenneth Charles Wood |
Needed |
| 206 |
Thaddeus Wresinski* |
Needed |
| 207 |
Robert Sanford Wright |
Needed |
| 208 |
Marion Richard Yeargin |
Needed |
| 209 |
Ralph William Young |
Needed |
| 210 |
Squire Boone Zane |
Yes |
*Men who died when the Hellship Arisan Maru, transporting
Allied Prisoners of War from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk
on October 24, 1944 by USS Shark (SS-314).
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