Rank/Rate	Electrician's Mate, Second Class
Service Number	258 17 47
Birth Date	July 2, 1918
From	Ravenswood, West Virginia
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	Ferrell was born in Greencastle Township, Iowa.

Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

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