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Casualty Info
Home Town Boston, MA
Last Address Glendale, CA
Casualty Date Dec 15, 1944
Cause MIA-Died in Captivity
Reason Unknown, Not Reported
Location Pacific Ocean
Conflict World War II
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery and Memorial - Manila, Philippines
Wall/Plot Coordinates (cenotaph)
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
CGM Sullivan's assignments and war service in the Philippines after September 30, 1941 is mostly unknown. The date was the last available from the muster rolls of USS S-40 (SS-145). It is unknown where he was next stationed, but it is known from the records of WWII POWs that he was present at the fall of Corregidor, Philippines and was captrued by the Japanese. Other official sources state he was one of the 1619 Prisoners of War transferred on December 13, 1944 from Bilibid Prison near Manila to the Japanese passenger ship Oryoku Maru. He death date is listed as December 15, 1944 when the Oryoku Maru was damaged and sunk by U.S. Navy carrier aircraft while it was anchored off the Olongapo Naval Reservation, a U.S. Navy base captured by the Japanese in 1942. His remains were not recovered and he was later declared dead.
Comments/Citation:
Service number: 2014232
Prisoner of War Medal
Awarded for actions during World War II
Service: Navy
Rank: Chief Gunner's Mate
Division: Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)
General Orders: NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947
Citation: Chief Gunner's Mate Leon Joseph Sullivan (NSN: 2014232), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.
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