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Rank/Rate |
Chief Pharmacist's Mate |
Service Number |
171 29 00 |
Birth Date |
January 28, 1897 |
From |
San Diego, California |
Decorations |
Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal |
Ship |
USS Canopus (AS-9) |
Date of Death |
January 25, 1945 |
Location |
Died aboard Hellship Brazil Maru |
Circumstances |
Died of acute colitis |
Remarks |
Chief Hastings was stationed on USS Peary (DD-226), and was wounded when Japanese bombers hit the Cavite Navy Yard on December 10, 1941. When he left the hospital he was assigned to USS Canopus until she was scuttled on April 10, 1942. After the surrender of US Forces in the Philippines, he became a POW. |
Photo above courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer. Photo below and additional information courtesy of Gerry Lawton CDR, USN (Ret).
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