Rank/Rate	Shipfitter, Third Class
Service Number	368 45 78
Birth Date	February 3, 1920
From	Plains, Montana
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	George was born in Sheridan, Montana.

Photo courtesy of Jayne Day, niece.  Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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