Rank/Rate	Seaman, First Class
Service Number	337 39 27
Birth Date	May 25, 1919
From	Westfield, 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	Joseph was born in Roger City, Michigan.

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