Rank and Name,Private José Alcarde.

Unit/Placed in,12th Quartermaster Regiment, Philippine Scouts.

POW

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

The 12^th Quartermaster Regiment resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

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

José is born in 1919 in the Philippines.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

José enlisted the service in the Philippines with service number # .10302684.

José died as a POW on June 7, 1942, he is honored with a POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

José 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