Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Third Class
Service Number	243 70 91
Birth Date	October 30, 1918
From	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

*This man had been serving on USS William B. Preston (AVD-7) until November 3, 1941, when he was transferred to the U.S. Naval Hospital, Canacao, Philippine Islands, for medical treatment.  The date he was transferred to USS Canopus is unclear.

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