Union County Veterans Remembrance Committee

Permanent Veteran Record

James Wesley Sheares

BranchArmy
RankCorporal
Conflict / EraWorld War II
Date of Birth07/01/1916
Date of Death01/03/1990
HometownWashington, OH
AwardsPurple Heart
Burial LocationWashington Twp: Byhalia
Monument PaverNo
SourceG.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

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

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