Amox, Bryant Cornelius

Rank and Name, Technical Sergeant Bryant Cornelius Amox.

Unit/Placed in, 454^th Ordnance Company, Aviation.

Arisan Maru

The Arisan Maru was a Hell Ships (former Cargo, used for Transport POW’s to other Camps) it sunk on Nov. 24, 1944.

The Arisan Maru, sailed from Manila on October 11, 1944 for Japan. This ship was sunk by the American submarine, USS Snook (Shark?) with three torpedoes, east of Hong Kong, on November 24, 1944. There were 1800 POWs aboard – 1793 died. Eight men survived this sinking. Two days later, five of the survivors were rescued by a Chinese fishing junk. The Chinese helped them reach American Air Corps forces. Other survivors were recaptured by a Japanese destroyer and taken to Formosa.

This Hell Ship sank in the South China Sea making it the worst naval disaster in the history of the United States.

Bryant is born approx. on May 10, 1910 in Avinger, Texas.

Father, Abner P. Amox.

Mother, Annie N. (Rossett) Amox.

Sister(s), Flora A. Mabel F. Pauline F. and Syble F. Amox.

Brother(s), Robert F. and Travis C. Amox.

Spouse, Bernice (Brown) Amox.

Son, George N. Amox.

Bryant enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 6822577.

Bryant died when the Arisan Maru Sunk on Ock. 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Bryant is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to, https://www.us-japandialogueonpows.org/Bowen.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org