Rank/Rate	Torpedoman's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	393 28 25
Birth Date	December 17, 1919
From	Sutherlin, Oregon
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death	September 7, 1944
Location	Aboard Shinyo Maru
Circumstances	Seriously wounded on Corregidor; died when Shinyo Maru, transporting Allied Prisoners ofWar from the Philippines to Japan, was sunk by USS Paddle (SS-263)
Remarks	Joseph was born in Elko, Nevada.

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