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Akil, Moro

Rank and Name,Second Lieutenant Moro Akil.

Unit/Placed in,45th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts.

Bataan Death March (April 9, 1942)

2Lt. Akil became a POW an walked (60 miles) the Bataan Death March , Many (together with 70.000 pow) walked this march and many died (aprox.600), lack of nutrition and water) to Prison Camps in the Philippines and he was send to Camp No Record, and became part of a work detail.

 

Moro is born in the Philippines.

 

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Morol enlisted the U.S.Army in the Philippines with service number # 0-890495.

 

Moro died as a POW on Dec. 31, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

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

Wall of the missing.

 

Thanks to  http://bakitwhy.com/articles/us-armys-philippine-scouts-americas-forgotten-soldiers 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/

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

 

45th Infantry Regiment
Camp, no Record
Philippine Scout Insignia
His rank Second Lieutenant