Rank and Name, Private Maximino A. Agapinan.

Unit/Placed in, 45^th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scout.

POW

The Imperial Japanese began their Invasion in the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941.

The 45th resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

Private Maximino A. Agapinan became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.

Maximino is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Maximino enlisted the U.S.Army in  with service number # 10301729.

Maximino died as a POW on July 15, 1942, he is honored with a Bronze Star Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Hendriks  https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org