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Rank/Rate |
Coxswain |
Service Number |
382 30 01 |
Birth Date |
April 18, 1919 |
From |
Upper Lake, California |
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 |
John was born in Sacramento, California. His father was native Hawaiian, and his mother was Maidu. |
Photo courtesy of Sherman Indian Museum, via Mary Mihovich. Information courtesy of Mary Mihovich.
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