William served as a Private First Class, Signal Air Warning Company, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Logan County, West Virginia prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on February 14, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a miner and also as Single, without dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in April-May, 1942 and was held at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
While a POW he was later loaded onto the Japanese cargo ship "Arisan Maru".
The Japanese ship "Arisan Maru" was loaded with 1,782 U.S. POW's and about 100 civilians in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Shark, not knowing that American POW's were on board, fired three torpedoes at 5:30pm that hit the ship, causing it to break into two pieces that floated before sinking.
The entire crew except for nine of the POWs aboard died in the sinking. The sinking was the largest loss of American lives in a single disaster at sea.
William was declared "Missing In Action" in the sinking of the "Arisan Maru" during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 15065877
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Note: Later that same day the U.S.S. Shark (SS-314), which sank the "Arisan Maru", was also sank by the Japanese destroyer Harukaze off Taiwan with a loss of 87 crew members.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
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Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Unit Signal Air Warning Company
Entered Service From West Virginia
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He resided in Logan County, West Virginia prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on February 14, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a miner and also as Single, without dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in April-May, 1942 and was held at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
While a POW he was later loaded onto the Japanese cargo ship "Arisan Maru".
The Japanese ship "Arisan Maru" was loaded with 1,782 U.S. POW's and about 100 civilians in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Shark, not knowing that American POW's were on board, fired three torpedoes at 5:30pm that hit the ship, causing it to break into two pieces that floated before sinking.
The entire crew except for nine of the POWs aboard died in the sinking. The sinking was the largest loss of American lives in a single disaster at sea.
William was declared "Missing In Action" in the sinking of the "Arisan Maru" during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 15065877
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Note: Later that same day the U.S.S. Shark (SS-314), which sank the "Arisan Maru", was also sank by the Japanese destroyer Harukaze off Taiwan with a loss of 87 crew members.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Unit Signal Air Warning Company
Entered Service From West Virginia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
William served as a Private First Class, Signal Air Warning Company, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Logan County, West Virginia prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on February 14, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a miner and also as Single, without dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in April-May, 1942 and was held at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
While a POW he was later loaded onto the Japanese cargo ship "Arisan Maru".
The Japanese ship "Arisan Maru" was loaded with 1,782 U.S. POW's and about 100 civilians in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Shark, not knowing that American POW's were on board, fired three torpedoes at 5:30pm that hit the ship, causing it to break into two pieces that floated before sinking.
The entire crew except for nine of the POWs aboard died in the sinking. The sinking was the largest loss of American lives in a single disaster at sea.
William was declared "Missing In Action" in the sinking of the "Arisan Maru" during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 15065877
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Note: Later that same day the U.S.S. Shark (SS-314), which sank the "Arisan Maru", was also sank by the Japanese destroyer Harukaze off Taiwan with a loss of 87 crew members.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Unit Signal Air Warning Company
Entered Service From West Virginia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He resided in Logan County, West Virginia prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army on February 14, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Thomas, Newport, Kentucky. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed as a miner and also as Single, without dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in April-May, 1942 and was held at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121.
While a POW he was later loaded onto the Japanese cargo ship "Arisan Maru".
The Japanese ship "Arisan Maru" was loaded with 1,782 U.S. POW's and about 100 civilians in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Shark, not knowing that American POW's were on board, fired three torpedoes at 5:30pm that hit the ship, causing it to break into two pieces that floated before sinking.
The entire crew except for nine of the POWs aboard died in the sinking. The sinking was the largest loss of American lives in a single disaster at sea.
William was declared "Missing In Action" in the sinking of the "Arisan Maru" during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
Service # 15065877
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Note: Later that same day the U.S.S. Shark (SS-314), which sank the "Arisan Maru", was also sank by the Japanese destroyer Harukaze off Taiwan with a loss of 87 crew members.
Bio by:
Russell S. "Russ" Pickett
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Previously added to Find A Grave,
source unknown:
Unit Signal Air Warning Company
Entered Service From West Virginia
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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