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BARLOW, Woods Richardson, 19, S 1-c Navy, son of Mr. W. H. Barlow, Cave City, R.2, died in a Jaoanese prison camp June 30, 1942. He was attached to the submarine tender Canopas, and was captured by the Japanese with the fall of Corregidor.
The Glasgow Times Feb 28, 1946
Glasgow, Barren Co., KY.
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Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 287 49 14
Birth Date November 15, 1922
From Cave City, Kentucky
Decorations Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death December 26, 1942
Location Cabanatuan POW Camp, Philippine Islands
Circumstances Died of beri beri
Remarks Woods mustered over to the Marines after Canopus was scuttled.
He was also entitled to wear:
The American Campaign Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin, Gold Star Lapel Pin, and the Philippine Liberation Medal.
Photo that is posted and the above information courtesy of Barry Barlow, grandnephew. *LJS
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Enlisted Dec 6, 1940 in Louisville, Ky. On the muster rolls of the following ships: Holland, Kilty, Sturgeon, Salmon, Sailfish, Neosho, and the last ship Canopus.
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Woods R Barlow
Ship, Station or Activity: Canopus
Ship Number or Designation: AS9
Muster Date: 28 Feb 1942
Just before the New Year, the last of the submarines left the tender of Canopus, but she never quit as she cared for small craft and equipment of the Army and Navy, sent her men into battle in the improvised naval battalion which fought on Bataan, and converted her own launches into miniature gunboats dubbed Mickey Mouse Battleships which attacked the Japanese moving south near the shore. But the overwhelming Japanese strength could not be held off forever, and upon the surrender of Bataan on the night of 8/9 April 1942 CANOPUS was ordered scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, to deny her use to the enemy. On 9 April, she was backed off into deep water under her own power and the veteran whom the Japanese could not sink ended a lifetime of service to the Navy when she was laid to rest by her own men. 221 of her crewmen were evacuated to Corregidor on February 28, 1942 (the last muster roll Woods Barlow was recorded on)and served with the Marines 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions on beach defenses. The final 327 crewmen were also evacuated to Corregidor and served in the 4 Marine Regiment's 4th Battalion Reserves (Provisional) which fought gallantly during the final battle for the island fortress. Nearly all Canopus crewmen were captured at the fall of Corregidor and spent the rest of the war in Japanese POW Camps in the Philippines and the Asia mainland.
World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Woods Richardson Barlow
Race: White
Report Date: 7 May 1942
Latest Report Date: 26 Dec 1942
Grade: SIC
Service Branch: Navy
Arm or Service: United States Navy
Arm or Service Code: United States Navy
Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Philippines Unstated Philippines 14-121
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Name: Woods Richardson Barlow
Relative Name: Mr. William H Barlow
Relative Relationship: Father
State: Kentucky
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: POW, Died or Killed
Roll: ww2c_27
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Woods R Barlow
Inducted From: Kentucky
Rank: Seaman First Class
Combat Organization: United States Navy
Death Date: 26 Dec 1942
Monument: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing
Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Woods R Barlow
Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1922
County: Barren
Mother's Name: Olivia Richardson
Volume Number: 109
Certificate Number: 54059
Volume Year: 1922
The Above Researched by Laura J. Stewart
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Link to his Find A Grave memorial in his Hometown Cemetery
Inscription on hometown marker:
IN MEMORY OF WOODS R BARLOW
AGE 19 S1/C US NAVY
SON OF W. H. BARLOW AND WIFE
DIED IN A JAPANESE PRISON CAMP JUNE 30, 1942
HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE SUBMARINE TENDER CANOPAS
AND WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE WITH THE
FALL OF CORREGIDOR
Cabanatuan Prison Camp Information
Father - Henry H. Barlow
Mother - Olivia L. Richardson Barlow
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BARLOW, Woods Richardson, 19, S 1-c Navy, son of Mr. W. H. Barlow, Cave City, R.2, died in a Jaoanese prison camp June 30, 1942. He was attached to the submarine tender Canopas, and was captured by the Japanese with the fall of Corregidor.
The Glasgow Times Feb 28, 1946
Glasgow, Barren Co., KY.
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Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 287 49 14
Birth Date November 15, 1922
From Cave City, Kentucky
Decorations Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death December 26, 1942
Location Cabanatuan POW Camp, Philippine Islands
Circumstances Died of beri beri
Remarks Woods mustered over to the Marines after Canopus was scuttled.
He was also entitled to wear:
The American Campaign Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin, Gold Star Lapel Pin, and the Philippine Liberation Medal.
Photo that is posted and the above information courtesy of Barry Barlow, grandnephew. *LJS
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Enlisted Dec 6, 1940 in Louisville, Ky. On the muster rolls of the following ships: Holland, Kilty, Sturgeon, Salmon, Sailfish, Neosho, and the last ship Canopus.
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Woods R Barlow
Ship, Station or Activity: Canopus
Ship Number or Designation: AS9
Muster Date: 28 Feb 1942
Just before the New Year, the last of the submarines left the tender of Canopus, but she never quit as she cared for small craft and equipment of the Army and Navy, sent her men into battle in the improvised naval battalion which fought on Bataan, and converted her own launches into miniature gunboats dubbed Mickey Mouse Battleships which attacked the Japanese moving south near the shore. But the overwhelming Japanese strength could not be held off forever, and upon the surrender of Bataan on the night of 8/9 April 1942 CANOPUS was ordered scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, to deny her use to the enemy. On 9 April, she was backed off into deep water under her own power and the veteran whom the Japanese could not sink ended a lifetime of service to the Navy when she was laid to rest by her own men. 221 of her crewmen were evacuated to Corregidor on February 28, 1942 (the last muster roll Woods Barlow was recorded on)and served with the Marines 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions on beach defenses. The final 327 crewmen were also evacuated to Corregidor and served in the 4 Marine Regiment's 4th Battalion Reserves (Provisional) which fought gallantly during the final battle for the island fortress. Nearly all Canopus crewmen were captured at the fall of Corregidor and spent the rest of the war in Japanese POW Camps in the Philippines and the Asia mainland.
World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Woods Richardson Barlow
Race: White
Report Date: 7 May 1942
Latest Report Date: 26 Dec 1942
Grade: SIC
Service Branch: Navy
Arm or Service: United States Navy
Arm or Service Code: United States Navy
Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Philippines Unstated Philippines 14-121
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Name: Woods Richardson Barlow
Relative Name: Mr. William H Barlow
Relative Relationship: Father
State: Kentucky
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: POW, Died or Killed
Roll: ww2c_27
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Woods R Barlow
Inducted From: Kentucky
Rank: Seaman First Class
Combat Organization: United States Navy
Death Date: 26 Dec 1942
Monument: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing
Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Woods R Barlow
Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1922
County: Barren
Mother's Name: Olivia Richardson
Volume Number: 109
Certificate Number: 54059
Volume Year: 1922
The Above Researched by Laura J. Stewart
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Link to his Find A Grave memorial in his Hometown Cemetery
Inscription on hometown marker:
IN MEMORY OF WOODS R BARLOW
AGE 19 S1/C US NAVY
SON OF W. H. BARLOW AND WIFE
DIED IN A JAPANESE PRISON CAMP JUNE 30, 1942
HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE SUBMARINE TENDER CANOPAS
AND WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE WITH THE
FALL OF CORREGIDOR
Cabanatuan Prison Camp Information
Father - Henry H. Barlow
Mother - Olivia L. Richardson Barlow
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BARLOW, Woods Richardson, 19, S 1-c Navy, son of Mr. W. H. Barlow, Cave City, R.2, died in a Jaoanese prison camp June 30, 1942. He was attached to the submarine tender Canopas, and was captured by the Japanese with the fall of Corregidor.
The Glasgow Times Feb 28, 1946
Glasgow, Barren Co., KY.
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Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 287 49 14
Birth Date November 15, 1922
From Cave City, Kentucky
Decorations Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death December 26, 1942
Location Cabanatuan POW Camp, Philippine Islands
Circumstances Died of beri beri
Remarks Woods mustered over to the Marines after Canopus was scuttled.
He was also entitled to wear:
The American Campaign Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin, Gold Star Lapel Pin, and the Philippine Liberation Medal.
Photo that is posted and the above information courtesy of Barry Barlow, grandnephew. *LJS
*********************************************************
Enlisted Dec 6, 1940 in Louisville, Ky. On the muster rolls of the following ships: Holland, Kilty, Sturgeon, Salmon, Sailfish, Neosho, and the last ship Canopus.
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Woods R Barlow
Ship, Station or Activity: Canopus
Ship Number or Designation: AS9
Muster Date: 28 Feb 1942
Just before the New Year, the last of the submarines left the tender of Canopus, but she never quit as she cared for small craft and equipment of the Army and Navy, sent her men into battle in the improvised naval battalion which fought on Bataan, and converted her own launches into miniature gunboats dubbed Mickey Mouse Battleships which attacked the Japanese moving south near the shore. But the overwhelming Japanese strength could not be held off forever, and upon the surrender of Bataan on the night of 8/9 April 1942 CANOPUS was ordered scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, to deny her use to the enemy. On 9 April, she was backed off into deep water under her own power and the veteran whom the Japanese could not sink ended a lifetime of service to the Navy when she was laid to rest by her own men. 221 of her crewmen were evacuated to Corregidor on February 28, 1942 (the last muster roll Woods Barlow was recorded on)and served with the Marines 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions on beach defenses. The final 327 crewmen were also evacuated to Corregidor and served in the 4 Marine Regiment's 4th Battalion Reserves (Provisional) which fought gallantly during the final battle for the island fortress. Nearly all Canopus crewmen were captured at the fall of Corregidor and spent the rest of the war in Japanese POW Camps in the Philippines and the Asia mainland.
World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Woods Richardson Barlow
Race: White
Report Date: 7 May 1942
Latest Report Date: 26 Dec 1942
Grade: SIC
Service Branch: Navy
Arm or Service: United States Navy
Arm or Service Code: United States Navy
Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Philippines Unstated Philippines 14-121
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Name: Woods Richardson Barlow
Relative Name: Mr. William H Barlow
Relative Relationship: Father
State: Kentucky
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: POW, Died or Killed
Roll: ww2c_27
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Woods R Barlow
Inducted From: Kentucky
Rank: Seaman First Class
Combat Organization: United States Navy
Death Date: 26 Dec 1942
Monument: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing
Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Woods R Barlow
Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1922
County: Barren
Mother's Name: Olivia Richardson
Volume Number: 109
Certificate Number: 54059
Volume Year: 1922
The Above Researched by Laura J. Stewart
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Link to his Find A Grave memorial in his Hometown Cemetery
Inscription on hometown marker:
IN MEMORY OF WOODS R BARLOW
AGE 19 S1/C US NAVY
SON OF W. H. BARLOW AND WIFE
DIED IN A JAPANESE PRISON CAMP JUNE 30, 1942
HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE SUBMARINE TENDER CANOPAS
AND WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE WITH THE
FALL OF CORREGIDOR
Cabanatuan Prison Camp Information
Father - Henry H. Barlow
Mother - Olivia L. Richardson Barlow
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BARLOW, Woods Richardson, 19, S 1-c Navy, son of Mr. W. H. Barlow, Cave City, R.2, died in a Jaoanese prison camp June 30, 1942. He was attached to the submarine tender Canopas, and was captured by the Japanese with the fall of Corregidor.
The Glasgow Times Feb 28, 1946
Glasgow, Barren Co., KY.
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Rank/Rate Seaman, First Class
Service Number 287 49 14
Birth Date November 15, 1922
From Cave City, Kentucky
Decorations Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal
Ship USS Canopus (AS-9)
Date of Death December 26, 1942
Location Cabanatuan POW Camp, Philippine Islands
Circumstances Died of beri beri
Remarks Woods mustered over to the Marines after Canopus was scuttled.
He was also entitled to wear:
The American Campaign Medal, American Defense Service Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Honorable Service Lapel Pin, Gold Star Lapel Pin, and the Philippine Liberation Medal.
Photo that is posted and the above information courtesy of Barry Barlow, grandnephew. *LJS
*********************************************************
Enlisted Dec 6, 1940 in Louisville, Ky. On the muster rolls of the following ships: Holland, Kilty, Sturgeon, Salmon, Sailfish, Neosho, and the last ship Canopus.
U.S. World War II Navy Muster Rolls, 1938-1949
Name: Woods R Barlow
Ship, Station or Activity: Canopus
Ship Number or Designation: AS9
Muster Date: 28 Feb 1942
Just before the New Year, the last of the submarines left the tender of Canopus, but she never quit as she cared for small craft and equipment of the Army and Navy, sent her men into battle in the improvised naval battalion which fought on Bataan, and converted her own launches into miniature gunboats dubbed Mickey Mouse Battleships which attacked the Japanese moving south near the shore. But the overwhelming Japanese strength could not be held off forever, and upon the surrender of Bataan on the night of 8/9 April 1942 CANOPUS was ordered scuttled in Mariveles Bay, Bataan, to deny her use to the enemy. On 9 April, she was backed off into deep water under her own power and the veteran whom the Japanese could not sink ended a lifetime of service to the Navy when she was laid to rest by her own men. 221 of her crewmen were evacuated to Corregidor on February 28, 1942 (the last muster roll Woods Barlow was recorded on)and served with the Marines 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Battalions on beach defenses. The final 327 crewmen were also evacuated to Corregidor and served in the 4 Marine Regiment's 4th Battalion Reserves (Provisional) which fought gallantly during the final battle for the island fortress. Nearly all Canopus crewmen were captured at the fall of Corregidor and spent the rest of the war in Japanese POW Camps in the Philippines and the Asia mainland.
World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946
Name: Woods Richardson Barlow
Race: White
Report Date: 7 May 1942
Latest Report Date: 26 Dec 1942
Grade: SIC
Service Branch: Navy
Arm or Service: United States Navy
Arm or Service Code: United States Navy
Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Philippines Unstated Philippines 14-121
Status: Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.
World War II Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard Casualties, 1941-1945
Name: Woods Richardson Barlow
Relative Name: Mr. William H Barlow
Relative Relationship: Father
State: Kentucky
Country: United States
Type of Casualty: POW, Died or Killed
Roll: ww2c_27
World War II and Korean Conflict Veterans Interred Overseas
Name: Woods R Barlow
Inducted From: Kentucky
Rank: Seaman First Class
Combat Organization: United States Navy
Death Date: 26 Dec 1942
Monument: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, the Philippines
Last Known Status: Missing
Kentucky, Birth Index, 1911-1999
Name: Woods R Barlow
Date of Birth: 15 Nov 1922
County: Barren
Mother's Name: Olivia Richardson
Volume Number: 109
Certificate Number: 54059
Volume Year: 1922
The Above Researched by Laura J. Stewart
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Link to his Find A Grave memorial in his Hometown Cemetery
Inscription on hometown marker:
IN MEMORY OF WOODS R BARLOW
AGE 19 S1/C US NAVY
SON OF W. H. BARLOW AND WIFE
DIED IN A JAPANESE PRISON CAMP JUNE 30, 1942
HE WAS ATTACHED TO THE SUBMARINE TENDER CANOPAS
AND WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE WITH THE
FALL OF CORREGIDOR
Cabanatuan Prison Camp Information
Father - Henry H. Barlow
Mother - Olivia L. Richardson Barlow
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