Rank/Rate	Seaman, Second Class
Service Number	311 62 22
Birth Date	April 7, 1923
From	Mt. Clemens, Michigan
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	William was born in Detroit, Michigan.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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