Hokusen Maru
3 October 1944 – 11 November 1944
Cpl. Thomas Jefferson Hicks was born in Elkins, West Virginia, on April 13, 1918, to Albert J. Hicks and Mattie Barlow-Hicks. He had three sisters
Cpl. Virgil Clarence Janes was the oldest of six sons born to Joseph H. Janes and Lavena J. Goode-Janes. He was born on January 29,
Sgt. Basil Blake Kester was born on November 16, 1924, in Wyoming, West Virginia, to Otis C. Kester and Bertha Marie Harmon-Kester. With his two
PFC John Kinard was born on May 10, 1916, in Brent, Alabama, to Jasper and Eve Kinard, and had four sisters. It is known that
Sgt. Walter Clayton King was born on February 10, 1920, in St. Joseph, Missouri, to James C. King and Myrtle E. Oldham-King, and had two
Sgt. Forrest Kinder Knox was born on November 29, 1917, in Monroe, Wisconsin, to Ross V. and Nina Knox. Along with his brothers, Henry and
Pvt. Joseph Donald Lajzer was born on October 31, 1918, in Toledo, Ohio. He was one of five sons and two daughters born to Peter
Pvt. Camilo Martinez was born on July 18, 1918, in Waelder, Gonzales County, Texas, to Dubijeldo Martinez and Luisa Hernandez-Martinez. With his two sisters and
Cpl. John Louis Massimino was born July 8, 1915, in Akron, Ohio, and was the son of Frank and Mary Massimino. His family moved to
Pvt. Francis Ignacius McGuire was born on April 26, 1917, in Tooele County, Utah, to Bartholomew McGuire and Mary Duffy-McGuire. With his two brothers and
PFC Herbert Pershing McMichael was born on August 2, 1918, in Frontier County, Nebraska, to Richard C. McMichael and Julia McCarl-McMichael, and had seven sisters
PFC Homer Franklin Mefford Jr. was born on November 1, 1917, in Huntsville, Kentucky, to Homer F. Mefford Sr. and Mary P. Sweazey-Mefford. He was
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