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Rank/Rate |
Seaman, First Class |
Service Number |
381 39 94 |
Birth Date |
June 14, 1920 |
From |
Tucson, Arizona |
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 |
Charles was born in Ernestville, Tennessee. Photo is from the University of Arizona “Desert” yearbook, 1939, Rifle Team. |
Photo courtesy of Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.
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