On Eternal Patrol - Lost Submariners of World War II

Rank/Rate	Chief Commissary Steward
Service Number	320 80 60
Birth Date	August 21, 1911
From	Sioux City, Iowa
Decorations	Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship	USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death	August 7, 1945
Location	Fukuoka Prisoner of War #23 Branch Camp, Japan
Circumstances	Died of malnutrition and chronic enteritis
Remarks	Rudolph's birth date is listed as August 21, 1914 in some sources.

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