Conover William Lawrence

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William Lawrence Conover is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

ISOB Yokohama POWs

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:

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