USS Perch Sailors Who Died in Japanese Prisons-- Part 2

HOUSTON ERNEST EDWARDS--  Chief Electrician's Mate, Service # 355 46 35, Born Oct. 8, 1901 From Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Died of cerebral malaria, beriberi and dysentery.


FRABK ELMER McCREARY--  Machinist's Mate First Class, Service #346 16 79, Born Oct. 10, 1904, From Marble Hill, Mo.

Died Jan. 4, 1943 at Fukukoa, Japan of pneumonia.

ALBERT KENNETH NEWSOM--  Chief Machinist's Mate, Service# 265 53 46 from Ahoskie, N.C., Born Feb. 13, 1909.  Died April 6, 1945 at Mankassar Prison Camp of Pellagra.

ROBERT ARCHIBALD WILSON--  Fire Controlman First Class, Service # 223 34 64,  Born Oct. 26, 1917, From Weehawken, N.J.

Died June 15, 1945 at Makassar Prison Camp of bacterial dysentery and Pellagra.

Five of the 60+ crew members died in prison.

--GreGen