Rank/Rate	Painter, First Class
Service Number	305 20 65
Birth Date	October 19, 1907
From	Beloit, Wisconsin
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)
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Photo courtesy of Cynthia Cranmer, niece, via Norm Rutan. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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