- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- Air Corps
- Conflict / Era
- World War II
- Date of Birth
- 07/01/1916
- Date of Death
- 01/03/1990
- Hometown
- Washington, OH
- Awards & Decorations
- Purple Heart
- Burial Location
- Washington Twp: Byhalia
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- Washington
- Status
- Prisoner of War
- When
- 05/07/1942
- Where
- Kyushu Island
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Decorations
Biography
serial #6961203; imprisoned at Fukuoka POW Camp #1 - Kashii (Pine Tree Camp) Kyushu Island 33-130; POW record reports state of residence as New York; member of American Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor obituary states he was captured on Bataan, but date of capture indicates he was probably captured on Corregidor, which fell 5/6/1942; POW
Source: G.W. Claar; Veterans Service Office; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 4, p. 124; National Archives; Marysville JT obituary, 1/4/1990; various websites on Bataan and Corregidor | Certificate of Honorable Discharge, Union Co. Recorder's Office, Vol. 5, p. 153