Rank/Rate	Chief Boatswain's Mate
Service Number	336 45 28
Birth Date	May 22, 1907
From	Sedalia, Missouri
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Canopus (AS-9) (inshore patrol, Fort Mills)
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	William was born in Spring Rock, Missouri

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