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Last Rank
Fireman 2nd Class
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Last Primary NEC
F2c-0000-Fireman 2nd Class
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Last Rating/NEC Group
Rating/NEC Group Unknown
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Primary Unit
1941-1942, F2c-0000, USS Canopus (AS-9)
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Service Years
1941 - 1944
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| Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Order of the Golden Dragon
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Personal Details
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Home State
California | |
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Year of Birth
1923 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Tommy Burgdorf (Birddog), FC2
to remember
Foss, Clarence Stewart, F2c.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
Ventura |
Last Address
Not Specified |
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Casualty Date
Oct 24, 1944 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Captured |
Reason
Other Explosive Device |
Location
Philippines |
Conflict
World War II/Asiatic-Pacific Theater/Philippine Islands Campaign (1941-42)/Battle of the Philippines |
Location of Interment
Buried at Sea, Pacific Ocean |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Not Specified |
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From Month/Year
January / 1942 |
To Month/Year
April / 1942
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Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
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Memories
221 of her crewmen were evacuated to Corregidor on February 28, 1942 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 4th 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.
Over 200 were Killed in Action.
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