Rank/Rate	Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	316 60 42
Birth Date	May 1, 1920
From	Palisade, Nebraska
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Assignment	U.S. Naval Hospital, Canacao, PI
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	Virgil was born in York, Nebraska. This man was previously (and erroneously) listed on this site as a crew member of USS Canopus (AS-9).

Photo courtesy of Loren Bender. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer and Rona Simmons.

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