Rank and Name, Corporal Alex Martin.

Unit/Placed in, 19^th Bomber Group, Headquarters Squadron.

POW

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

The 515th resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

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

Alex is born approx. 1917 in Arkansas.

Parents and Siblings, no record available.

Alex enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 6571837.

Alex died as a POW on the disease (prob) dysentery on Nov. 22, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  AirForce, Rolland Swank NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

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