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Leo Benedict Kalamaja

Leo Benedict Kalamaja

Purple HeartPrisoner of War Medal

Rank/Rate Quartermaster, Third Class
Service Number 316 66 87
Birth Date March 21, 1915
From Omaha, Nebraska
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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