Rank/Rate: Water Tender, Second Class

Service Number: 295 28 25

Birth Date: July 10, 1917

From: Paris, Tennessee

Decorations: Purple Heart, Prisoner of War Medal

Ship: USS Canopus (AS-9)

Date of Death: September 22, 1942

Location: Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp, Philippine Islands

Circumstances: Died of beriberi

Remarks: Photo courtesy of Wayne Lankford, son of friend. Information courtesy of Paul W. Wittmer.

NavSource, Submarine Photo Archive for the USS Canopus (AS-9)

On Eternal Patrol list of men lost on the USS Canopus (AS-9)

Find a Grave Memorial: John Porter “JP” Derrington, Fort Donelson National Cemetery, Dover, Tennessee