Bill Bowen’s Arisan Maru Roster
"W" Section
Notes:
a) CODE Column:
NA = Record found in National Archives
OB = Found in Overbeck Statement
AW = Found on Wilber Statement
HN = Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing, Punch Bowl Cemetery,
Honolulu, HI
SUR = Survivor
b) AM PAGE Column:
Number (greater than "0") is page # of
Handwritten Arisan Maru Roster.
"0" indicates person on National Archives Lists, but not on
Handwritten Arisan Maru Roster.
"X" indicates person identified by a survivor as being on the Arisan
Maru, but not confirmed from a second source.
c) Survivors’ entries are shown in bold italics. Charles Hughes died within two weeks of being picked up by the Japanese.
d) Rank and Unit designations vary with source due to reassignments during the war.
e) PNABC = Pacific Naval Air Base Contractors
| CODE |
AM PAGE |
LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | RANK | SERVICE | COMPANY UNIT | MAIN UNIT | HOMETOWN | STATE |
SERVICE NUMBER |
|
55 |
Walker | Friedman H. | Sgt | Army | K Co | 31st Inf Reg | Alabama | AL |
06966391 |
|
|
24 |
Walker | George E. | PFC | AAF | Service Co | 2nd Chem Warfare | North Carolina | NC |
14043888 |
|
|
38 |
Walker | Max W. | TSgt | AAF | 7th Mat Sqdn | 5th Air Base Grp | California | CA |
06658415 |
|
|
31 |
Walker | Myron D. | CPL | Army | Medic | Medical Dept | Ohio | OH |
06650547 |
|
|
4 |
Wallace | Ray Walker | PFC | Mar. | Hqtrs 3rd Bn | 4th Marines | McMinnville | OR |
00270588 |
|
|
47 |
Wallas | Kenneth J. | Pvt | Brit. | British Army | Britain | ||||
|
38 |
Wallbaum | Robert F. | SSgt | Army | Counter Intelligence Corps | Yankton | SD |
06577508 |
||
|
31 |
Wallick | Roy E. | CPL | Army | Ordnanace Dept | New York | NY |
12002782 |
||
|
39 |
Ward | Floyd E. | 1SGT | Army | F Btry | 200th CAC (AA) | Carlsbad | NM |
38013724 |
|
|
24 |
Ward | Marvin D. | PFC | Army | 60th CAC | Oklahoma | OK |
18049824 |
||
|
56 |
Ward | Rankin H. | SSgt | AAF | 16th Bomb Sqdn | 27th Bomb Grp | Arkansas | AR |
06231887 |
|
|
34 |
Ward | Richard B. | Sgt | Army | Ordnanace Dept | California | CA |
19049501 |
||
|
39 |
Wardlow | Guy | 1SGT | Army | Hqtrs Btry | 59th CAC | Mississippi | MS |
06373337 |
|
|
38 |
Warner | Glenn 0. | SSgt | Army | Hqtrs Btry | 200th CAC (AA) | Deming | NM |
20842485 |
|
|
60 |
Warshell | Arnold H. | 1LT | Army | Medical Corp | 12th Med Bn PS | Illinois | IL |
0-426738 |
|
|
13 |
Washburn | Lowell L. | Pvt | Army | Medic | 2nd Gen Hosp | Kansas | KS |
19051700 |
|
|
47 |
Wasser | John V. | Pvt | AAF | 680th Ord Co | Aviation | Washington | WA |
19006372 |
|
|
38 |
Watkins | Reynolds H. | SSgt | AAF | 27th Mat Sqdn | 20th Air Base Grp | Oklahoma | OK |
06292330 |
|
|
39 |
Watkins | Ross E. | TSgt | AAF | 93rd Bomb Sqdn | 19th Bomb Grp | Oklahoma | OK |
06833782 |
|
|
43 |
Watson | Earl E. | S1c | Navy | Kentucky | KY |
02873563 |
|||
|
62 |
Watson | Festus G. | Capt | Army | Hqtrs | Visayan-Mindanao Force | Maine | ME |
0-361505 |
|
|
47 |
Watson | Kearby L. | Pvt | AAF | 440th Ord Co | Texas | TX |
18056348 |
||
|
56 |
Watters | Walter J. | SSgt | Army | 59th CAC | Missouri | MO |
R-728286 |
||
|
11 |
Watts | Edwin A. | CQM | Navy | Q.M. | USS Finch | Baltimore | MD |
02580282 |
|
|
46 |
Wawrzonek | Louis Jos | PhM1c | Navy | Medic | Fire Control | Poughkeepsie | NY |
02233533 |
|
|
24 |
Weaver | Charles J. | PFC | Army | Hqtrs | Harbor Defense Manila | California | CA |
19048653 |
|
|
54 |
Weaver | William M. | CPL | AAF | 28th Bomb Sqdn | 19th Bomb Grp | New Jersey | NJ |
06905926 |
|
|
13 |
Webb | Nathan E. | Pvt | Army | C Btry | 59th CAC | Kenedy County | TX |
18048884 |
|
|
47 |
Webber | Edward C. | CEM | Navy | USS Canopus | Washington | WA |
03854814 |
||
|
53 |
Weidlich | Charles R. | Civ | Civ | PNABC | Civ | ||||
|
24 |
Weigel | Daniel R. | PFC | Army | Harbor Defense Manila | California | CA |
19056576 |
||
|
24 |
Weigel | Robert P. | PFC | Army | 31st Inf Reg | Idaho | ID |
06954267 |
||
|
62 |
Weiland | George F. | Capt | Army | 86th Fld Arty Bn PS | New Jersey | NJ |
0-318910 |
||
|
53 |
Weisman | Joseph | Civ | Civ | Civ | |||||
|
8 |
Wells | Noble William | 1SGT | Mar. | A Co 1st Bn | 4th Marines | Salem | OR |
00214771 |
|
|
47 |
Wells Jr. | Arthur | PhM1c | Navy | Medic | Vilonia | AK |
03463106 |
||
|
43 |
Wendorft | Robert | PhM3c | Navy | Medic | Canacao Hosp. | Washington | WA |
03859177 |
|
|
13 |
Wenzel | Frederick W. | Pvt | AAF | 17th Pursuit Sqdn | 24th Pursuit Grp | Sangamon Co | IL |
06914852 |
|
|
13 |
Weselman | Julius | Pvt | Army | Medic | Medical Dept | Illinois | IL |
36016802 |
|
|
51 |
Westbrook | Joe W. | PFC | Army | F Btry | 515th CAC (AA) | Hobbs | NM |
38012027 |
|
|
13 |
Wexler | Robert J. | Pvt | Army | 59th CAC | Illinois | IL |
06565232 |
||
|
54 |
Whalen | Edward L. | CPL | Army | Hqtrs | 31st Inf Reg | Wisconsin | WI |
06858194 |
|
|
58 |
Whally | Alvin E. | 2LT | AAF | 17th Bomb Sqdn | 27th Bomb Grp | Massachuetts | MA |
0-430306 |
|
|
13 |
Wheet | Joe H. | Pvt | Army | C Btry | 60th CAC | Indiana | IN |
15061833 |
|
|
38 |
Whitaker | Wilfred G. | SSgt | Army | 808th M.P. Co | Military Police | Texas | TX |
06290218 |
|
|
34 |
White | Clifford R | Sgt | Army | G Btry | 60th CAC | San Joaquin | CA |
19052021 |
|
|
34 |
White | Elmer D. | Sgt | Army | F Btry | 200th CAC (AA) | Artesia | NM |
20843772 |
|
|
4 |
White | Wilbur Wasson | PFC | Mar. | E Co 2nd Bn | 4th Marines | Illinois | IL |
00280842 |
|
|
24 |
White | William J. | PFC | AAF | 409th Signal Co | Signal Corps. | Albuquerque | NM |
19044343 |
|
|
64 |
Whitehurst Jr. | Collin B. | Maj. | Army | 45th Inf Reg, (PS) | Richmond, | VA |
0-021351 |
||
|
57 |
Whitfield | H. D. | 1SGT | Army | Mine Planter | USAMP Harrison | Florida | FL |
06329169 |
|
|
31 |
Whittaker | Carl C. | CPL | Army | A Brty | 200th CAC (AA) | Albuquerque | NM |
20842690 |
|
|
41 |
Widerynski | Steffan | M SGT | Army | 31st Inf Reg | Illinois | IL |
R-316014 |
||
|
24 |
Wieczorek | Anthony P. | TEC4 | Army | Connecticut | CT |
06131353 |
|||
|
38 |
Wierzchon | Joseph J. | SSgt | Army | C Co | 192nd Tank Bn | Ohio | OH |
20500738 |
|
|
13 |
Wiest | Arnold F. | Pvt | AAF | Hqtrs Squadron | 19th Bomb Grp | California | CA |
19038418 |
|
|
24 |
Wiest | John H. | PFC | Army | C Btry | 200th CAC (AA) | New Mexico | NM |
36106691 |
|
|
24 |
Wight | William M. | PFC | Army | Hqtrs Co | I Philippine Corps | Nebraska | NE |
17011278 |
|
|
13 |
Wigington | James T. | Pvt | AAF | 27th Mat Sqdn | 20th Air Base Grp | Montana | MT |
19019800 |
|
| SUR |
13 |
Wilber | Avery E. | Pvt | Army | A Btry | 60th CAC | Wisconsin | WI |
16021793 |
|
12 |
Wilburn | James C. | Pvt | Army | 60th CAC | Texas | TX |
18048891 |
||
|
24 |
Wildermuth | Loren Burnham | PFC | Army | Medical Corp | 1st Gen Hospital | Aurora | IL |
17029878 |
|
|
12 |
Wilds | Kedron S. | Pvt | Army | Q.M.C. | California | CA |
18015675 |
||
|
31 |
Wilkerson | John T. | CPL | Army | G Btry | 59th CAC | New Mexico | NM |
18014470 |
|
|
13 |
Willbanks | Elkanah H. | PFC | Army | 60th CAC | Missouri | MO |
17023849 |
||
|
12 |
Williams | Arthur R | Pvt | Army | A Btry | 59th CAC | New York | NY |
06983659 |
|
|
40 |
Williams | Edward A. | M SGT | Army | Hqtrs Co | I Philippine Corps | Youngstown | OH |
R1239164 |
|
|
38 |
Williams | Harold M. | SSgt | Army | Finance Dept | Nebraska | NE |
17023965 |
||
|
12 |
Williams | Joe Mack | Pvt | Army | Hqtrs Btry | 200th CAC (AA) | Deming | NM |
20842539 |
|
|
54 |
Williams | Mervin Jeff | CPL | Army | D Btry | 200th CAC (AA) | Dexter | NM |
38012361 |
|
|
24 |
Williams | Ottis C. | PFC | Army | C Co | 31st Inf Reg | Texas | TX |
06950544 |
|
|
55 |
Williams | Robert W. | Sgt | Army | Hqtrs Co | I Philippine Corps | Kansas | KS |
06856706 |
|
|
58 |
Williams Jr. | Roland F. | 2LT | Army | ||||||
|
12 |
Williamson | R.D. | Pvt | Army | 59th CAC | Taylor Co | TX |
18049024 |
||
|
24 |
Williamson | Vernon J. | PFC | Army | 60th CAC | Burnet Co | TX |
18049019 |
||
|
39 |
Wilson | Einer | TSgt | Army | 17th Signal Platoon | Signal Corps. | Washington | WA |
06558002 |
|
|
34 |
Wilson | Jack | Sgt | Army | 60th CAC | Tennesee | TN |
06899430 |
||
|
23 |
Wilson Jr. | William | PFC | Army | B Btry | 60th CAC | Ohio | OH |
15017101 |
|
|
12 |
Wingfield | Henry J. | Pvt | Army | 31st Inf Reg | Tennesee | TN |
14047083 |
||
|
46 |
Winig | Charles A. | FC1c | Navy | Fire Control | US Navy | Hudson | NY |
02384648 |
|
|
31 |
Winn | Will R | CPL | AAF | 20th Pursuit Sqdn | 24th Pursuit Grp | Vancouver | WA |
19014688 |
|
|
11 |
Winsor | Willard I. | CY | Navy | Chief Yeoman | Arkansas | AR |
03680734 |
||
|
23 |
Winther | Chris H. | PFC | Army | 60th CAC | California | CA |
19052034 |
||
|
57 |
Wirship | William | WO | Army | 59th CAC | Dist of Columbia | DC |
W-901857 |
||
|
51 |
Wisniewski | Stanley L. | CPL | Army | 31st Inf Reg | New Jersey | NJ |
00848551 |
||
|
31 |
Wisz | Edward J. | CPL | AAF | Service Co | 4th Chem Warfare | Pennsylvania | PA |
06893321 |
|
|
31 |
Wodrich | Howard M. | CPL | Army | C Co | 192nd Tank Bn | Ohio | OH |
20500772 |
|
|
62 |
Wohler | Glenn W. | Capt | Army | 101st Inf Reg | 101st Philippine Div | Vermillion | SD |
0-291830 |
|
|
9 |
Wojtkielewicz | William | EM3c | Navy | USS Canopus | Philadelphia | PA |
02437091 |
||
|
51 |
Wold | Lynn E. | PFC | Army | 60th CAC | Washington | WA |
19016666 |
||
|
12 |
Wolfe | James F. | Pvt | AAF | 454th Ord Co | 27th Bomb Grp | Pennsylvania | PA |
33017970 |
|
|
6 |
Wood | Jack Walter | CPL | Mar. | A Co 1st Bn | 4th Marines | Oakland | CA |
00269740 |
|
|
62 |
Wood | John D | Capt | Army | 60th CAC | Virginia | VA |
0-021387 |
||
|
53 |
Woodham | Howard A. | Civ | Civ | Civ | |||||
|
23 |
Woodmansee | Cecil S. | PFC | Army | Medic | Medical Dept | Missouri | MO |
17009592 |
|
|
12 |
Woodson | Everett E. | Pvt | AAF | 17th Bomb Sqdn | 27th Bomb Grp | Arkansas | AR |
37069531 |
|
|
50 |
Woodson | James/Frances | PFC | Army | E Btry | 59th CAC | Arkansas | AR |
17014193 |
|
|
12 |
Workman Jr. | Cluad L. | Pvt | Army | 60th CAC | Texas | TX |
06295157 |
||
|
46 |
Wresinski | Thaddeus | PMKR lc | Navy | Chief Torpedoman | USS Canopus | San Pedro | CA |
02135931 |
|
|
58 |
Wright | Elliott D. | 2LT | Army | A Co | 31st Inf Reg | Massachuetts | MA |
0-890192 |
|
|
12 |
Wright | Ralph C. | Pvt | Army | 60th CAC | Mississippi | MS |
14042330 |
||
|
10 |
Wright | William J. | BM1c | Navy | Iowa | IA |
03211832 |
|||
|
23 |
Writebol | Charles | PFC | Army | Medic | 2nd Gen Hosp | Kansas | KS |
06579885 |
|
|
23 |
Wroten | Fred M. | PFC | Army | D Co | 31st Inf Reg | West Virginia | WV |
06986003 |
|
|
54 |
Wuest | Charles M. | CPL | AAF | 803rd Engr Bn | New York | NY |
32109593 |
||
|
47 |
Wurzel | Victor | Pvt | Army | 60th CAC | Washington | WA |
19020732 |
||
|
12 |
Wyatt | Rufus H. | Pvt | AAF | Hqtrs Squadron | 27th Bomb Grp | Indiana | IN |
00150589 |
|
|
12 |
Wydel | Joseph A. | Pvt | AAF | Service Co | 4th Chem Warfare | Pennsylvania | PA |
13004893 |
|
|
53 |
Wylie | James | Civ | Civ | Civ | |||||
|
39 |
Wyper III | Menzies | 1SGT | Army | D Btry | 515th CAC (AA) | Gallup | NM |
20843301 |
|
| NA |
0 |
Asheim | Bjahne | Civ | Civ | Adj Gen Corps | ||||
| NA |
0 |
Blackman | Dwight W. | Civ | Civ | Adj Gen Corps | ||||
| NA |
0 |
Dabney | Edmund R. | SSgt | AAF | 21st Pursuit Sqdn | 24th Pursuit Grp | Tennessee | TN |
6395058 |
| NA |
0 |
Frandsen | Earl C. | Maj | Army | 101st Inf Reg | 101st Philippine Div | Nebraska | NE |
0-225574 |
| NA OB |
0 |
Gomm | Albert B. | Civ | Civ | (Diamond driller) | Army Transport Service | Canadian | ||
| NA |
0 |
Halversen Jr | Lloyd Henry | PHM3C | Navy | Navy | San Jose | CA |
3760346 |
|
| NA |
0 |
Hogen | Olaf Olsen | Civ | Civ | Army Transport Service | ||||
| NA OB |
0 |
Jasten | Walter | Civ | Civ | USED | Adj Gen Corps | KILLED ON SHIP | ||
| NA OB |
0 |
Judge | John (Patty) | Civ | Civ | (Miner) | Navy Employee | Irish | ||
| NA |
0 |
Juel | Audnu | Civ | Civ | Adj Gen Corps | ||||
| NA |
0 |
Lay | Marlin M. | Pvt | Army | 33rd QM Truck Reg | Oregon | OR |
19018620 |
|
| NA |
0 |
Lothrop | Robert B. | Maj | Army | Engineer Corps | Cumberland Co | PA |
0-018033 |
|
| NA |
0 |
Olen | Leo James | RM1C | Navy | San Francisco | CA |
3052570 |
||
| NA |
0 |
Pryor | John S. | 2Lt | AAF | 93rd Bomb Sqdn | 19th Bomb Grp |
0-427184 |
||
| NA |
0 |
Schraml | Henry J. | Pvt | Army | QM Corps | Milwaukee Cty | WI |
16046230 |
|
| NA |
0 |
Schuh | Harry A | TSgt | Army | 17th Pursuit Sqdn | 24th Pursuit Grp | Illnois | IL |
6731170 |
| NA |
0 |
Selk | Ernest F. | Civ | Civ | Adj Gen Corps | ||||
| NA OB |
0 |
Stenger | Arno J. | Civ | Civ | (Mechanic) | Adj Gen Corps | Dutch | ||
| NA AW |
X |
zzCarter | Casey | Pvt | Army | Hqtrs 1st Bn | 60th CAC |
18038740 |
||
| OB |
X |
zzMays | Sgt | |||||||
| OB |
X |
zzNeil | Wilbur | Sgt | Army | D Btry | 60th CAC |
END OF "W" Section of the Arisan Maru Roster