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Waid Bertram Calhoun

Waid Bertram Calhoun

Silver StarPurple HeartPrisoner of War Medal

Rank/Rate Coxswain
Service Number 283 36 89
Birth Date July 25, 1920
From Canton, Ohio
Decorations Silver Star, 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 Waid was born in Russell, Arkansas.  He was attached to the 4th Marines on May 6, 1942 at Corregidor, Philippine Islands.

Photo courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

 

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