Name:
William Lawrence Conover
Rank:
Chief Electrician's Mate
Serial Number:
3803906
Unit:
United States Navy
Date of Death:
1945-01-30
State:
New York
Cemetery:
British War Cem., Yokohama, Japan (CWGC)
Plot:
AA-COM
Row:
G-URN
Grave:
2
Decoration:
Comments:
Died as a prisoner of war.
From Find a grave:
CEM William Conover was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which reached Takao, Formosa. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru and reached Japan on January 29, 1945. He died the next day.
Cenotaph: Arlington National Cemetery