Rank/Rate	Pharmacist's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	265 68 32
Birth Date	December 9, 1916
From	Washington, D.C.
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	Lawrence was born in Richmond, Virginia.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer. 

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