Rank and Name, Sergeant Cecil L. Brand.

Unit/Placed in, US Infantry (31th Infantry Regiment “Polar Bears”).

(A 31st Infantry sergeant on detail at Camp John Hay became the campaign’s first fatality. After landing in northern and southern Luzon.)

Cecil is born approx. no Record in Georgia.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

Cecil enlisted the service in Georgia with service number # 6400952.

Cecil was KIA when Japanese bombers attacked Camp John Hay on Dec. 8, 1941, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/31st_Infantry_Regiment_(United_States)#World_War_II Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  Air-Force, 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    

Hendriks Webdesign, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2401308