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Steele, Lewis Quay

Rank and Name, Private First Class Lewis Quay Steele.

Unit/Placed in, 803rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation, United States Army Air Forces.

 

Camp no record

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

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

He became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died in transport on a “Hellship”.

Oryoku Maru

Lewis Quay Steele was one of 1619 prisoners of War onboard the Oryoku Maru at Manila. The ship sailed on December 13, 1944, for Japan and when It arrived at Subic Bay, the same day, it was bombed by American planes from the USS Hornet, while it was picking up Japanese personnel. When dusk came, the planes broke off the attack. Next day the planes returned and resumed the attack. On Dec. 15, 1944 and sunk the Ship. The Japanese abandoned ship, even ordered the POWs to abandon ship during the air raid when the American pilots saw the large number of men climbing from the ship’s holds, they stopped their attack. As the POWs swam to shore, they were shot at by Japanese soldiers with machine guns, many lost their lives.

 

Lewis is born approx. on no record in South Carolina.

 

Lewis enlisted the service in South Carolina with service number # 6970409.

 

Lewis was KIA/MIA while escaping from the sinking Oryoko Maru, he was executed by the Japanese guards on, December 15 1944,  he is honored with a POW Medal, Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, http://www.powresearch.jp/en/archive/ship/ouryoku.html

https://www.familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&q.anyPlace=South%20Carolina%2C%20Verenigde%20Staten%20van%20Amerika&q.deathLikeDate.from=1944&q.deathLikeDate.to=1944&q.givenName=lewis%20quay&q.surname=steele

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

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Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

 

Pfc. Lewis Quay Steele was in Company C They were located at NIchols field and tried to keep the field operational until the unit was withdrawn to Bataan at the end of December, 1941, captured on Bataan then sent on to a Japanese POW camp on transport with the Hellship Oryoku Maru

He died when Oryoku Maru, was attacked and sunk by US planes operating off the USS Hornet, escaping from the sinking Oryoko Maru, he was executed by the Japanese guards

 

Oryoku Maru left Manila on December 13, 1944, with 1,620 prisoners of war (including 1,556 American, 50 British and Dutch, 7 Czech, 4 Norwegians and several other nationalities) packed in the holds, and 1,900 Japanese civilians and military personnel in the cabins. As she neared the naval base at Olongapo in Subic Bay, US Navy planes from USS Hornet attacked the unmarked ship, causing it to sink on December 15. About 270 died aboard ship. Some died from suffocation or dehydration. Others were killed in the attack, drowned or were shot while escaping the ship as it sank in Subic Bay where the ‘Hell Ship Memorial’ is located.

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Steele, Ronald Leland

Rank and Name, Corporal Ronald Leland Steele.

Unit/Placed in, 1e Marines (Comp. L, 3e Battalion) 1e Marine Division, United States Marine Corps.

 

Ronald is born approx. on 20 June 1922 in Brookville, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania.

Father, Paul Steele.

Mother, Lillian (McKinstry) Steele.

 

Ronald enlisted the service in Pennsylvania with service number # 305063.

 

Ronald was KIA/MIA after fighting with heavenly losses on the Ridges of Umerbrogol on 22 September 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Ronald also has a Memorial Grave at Coolspring Cemetery

Coolspring, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, USA

 

Thanks to, https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/npswapa/extcontent/usmc/pcn-190-003137-00/sec1.htm

https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Peleliu/index.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5XP-8LC

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

Steele, Truman

Rank and Name, Aviation, Ordnance man Second Class Truman Steele.

Unit/Placed in, , Patrol Bombing Squadron 109 (VPB-109), United States Navy.

 

 

Truman is born on 11 July 1917 in Crowder, Pittsburgh County, Oklahoma.

Father, Jiles Emery Steel.

Mother, Elizabeth (wherry) Steel.

Sister(s), Nona Marie and Elma Evelyn Steel.

Brother(s), Leon and Billy Jack Steel.

Spouse, Mart H. (VanSlyke) Steele.

Daughter, Karol Sue Steele.

 

Truman enlisted the service in Arkansas with service number # 06306208.

 

Truman’s crew-members and their position on-board the plane a PB4Y-1 were,

Lt.                 Samuel E. Coleman

LT.(jg)          Leroy A. Shreiner.

Ensign          Leslie E. Fontaine.

Amm1.         Louis E. Sandidge Jr.

Amm2.         Sterling T. Brown.

Aom2.          James T. Heasley.

Aom2.          Truman Steele.

Arm2.          Harry F. Donovan.

Arm2.          Daniel J. Dujak.

S1.               Lou C. Petrick.

S1.               John E. Tusha.

 

Truman was KIA/MIA when the PB4Y-1 went missing on a routine search patrol flight in the Mashall Islands on, 13 January 1944 he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Truman is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://books.google.nl/books?id=NKxhDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA220&lpg=PA220&dq=buno+13+january+1944+LT.%09%09Samuel+E.+Coleman&source=bl&ots=27h0Bpc7UT&sig=ACfU3U0PoFwEOhSj9clAVAvQ0CdlqFjPOQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjHkYevzqKCAxWM7rsIHQ10DIUQ6AF6BAggEAM#v=onepage&q=buno%2013%20january%201944%20LT.%09%09Samuel%20E.%20Coleman&f=false

https://www.vpnavy.com/vp109.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GCVT-2G2

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

Steele, Aloysius W.

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Aloysius W. Steele.

Unit/Placed in, 71st Bomber Squadron, 38th Bomber Group, Heavy, United States Army Air Forces.

 

Aloysius is born on 15 December 1922 in District of Columbia.

Stepfather, Char W. Sorrell.

Mother, Mary V.(Babbington) Sorrell.

Sister(s), Virginia W. and Elsie F. Steele.

Stepsister, Dorothy A. Sorrell.

Stepbrother, Richard F. Sorrell.

Aloysius enlisted the service in Virginia with service number # 0-706554.

Aloysius‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-25D were,

1stLt.  Richard Hurst         Pilot

1stLt.  James A. Henderson Co Pilot

2nd Lt. Aloysius W. Steele     Navigator

Pfc.     John J. Creighton    Radio Operator

Sgt.    Henry Miga             Gunner

Passengers,

Tec5.  Alfred J. Milazzo

Corp.   Gene J. Morris

Pfc.     Byron W. Durham

Pfc.     Scgley H. Russell

Aloysius was KIA/MIA after take-off for a courier mission to Nadzab, the plane didn’t arrive their and was never heard of on 1 July 1944, he is honored with an Air Medal (previously awarded),  Purple Heart American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

The Crew Remains were recovered.

When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.

Aloysius and the crew are now buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

After the war the plane was discovered/found in the Finisterre Mountains area, Morobe Province, Madang, Papua New Guinea.

Thanks to, https://www.sunsetters38bg.com/

https://pacificwrecks.com/airfields/png/saidor/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

Carter, Edgar H.

Rank and Name, Private First Class Edgar H. Carter.

Unit/Placed in, 59th Coast Artillery Regiment, United States Army.

 

Camp Cabanatuan(Pangatian) (former HQ 91st Philippine army Division)

After the Japanese occupation in 1942, the camp was converted by the Imperial Japanese Army into the Cabanatuan POW Camp. At its height, 8,000 prisoners were detained at this location. The prisoners also included some civilians including one British and one Norwegian citizen.  This POW Camp detained prisoners until liberated during the night of January 30, 1945.

The rectangular camp spanned roughly 25 acres and was 800 yards deep by 600 yards wide, divided by a road in the center. The camp consisted of a barracks for Japanese guards, barracks for prisoners, a hospital and water tower enclosed by barbed wire with guard towers.

 

Arisan Maru

The Arisan Maru was a Hell Ships (former Cargo, used for Transport POW’s to other Camps) sunk on Nov. 24, 1944.

The Arisan Maru, sailed from Manila on October 11, 1944 for Japan. This ship was sunk by the American submarine, USS Shark with three torpedoes, on November 24, 1944. There were 1800 POWs aboard – nine men survived this sinking. Two days later, five of the survivors were rescued by a Chinese fishing junk. The Chinese helped them reach American Air Corps forces. Other survivors were recaptured by a Japanese destroyer and taken to Formosa.

This Hell Ship sank in the South China Sea making it the worst naval disaster in the history of the United States.

 

Edgar is born approx. on 1911 in Putnam County, Georgia.

Mother, Martha Rebecca (Branam) Carter.

Sister(s), Eva Garnell, Julia and Aileen Carter.

Brother(s), Clifford L. Carter.

 

Edgar enlisted the service in Fort Benning (Georgia) on 18 February 1941 with service number # 14045153.

 

Edgar was KIA/MIA when he went to on transport to a POW Camp in Japan aboard the “Hellship Arisan Maru” which was Torpedoed by the USS Shark in the south China Sea when he tried to escape he got shot on 24 Oktober 1944,  he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Edgar 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, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

 

DEATH MARCH

Following the surrender of Bataan on April 9, 1942, to the Imperial Japanese Army, prisoners were massed in Mariveles and Bagac town.

As the defeated defenders were massed in preparation for the march, they were ordered to turn over their possessions.

Word quickly spread among the prisoners to conceal or destroy any Japanese money or mementos, as the captors assumed it had been stolen from dead Japanese soldiers.

Prisoners started out from Mariveles on April 10, and Bagac on April 11, converging in Pilar, Bataan, and heading north to the San Fernando railhead.[3] At the beginning of capture there were rare instances of kindness by Japanese officers and those Japanese soldiers who spoke English, such as sharing of food and cigarettes and permitting personal possessions to be kept. This was fast followed by unrelenting brutality, theft, and even knocking men’s teeth out for gold fillings, as the common Japanese soldier had also suffered in the Battle for Bataan and had nothing but disgust and hatred for his “captives” (Japan did not recognize these people as POWs).[4] The first atrocity—attributed to Colonel Masanobu Tsuji—occurred when approximately 350 to 400 Filipino officers and NCOs under his supervision were summarily executed in the Pantingan River massacre after they had surrendered. Tsuji—acting against General Homma’s wishes that the prisoners be transferred peacefully—had issued clandestine orders to Japanese officers to summarily execute all American “captives.”Though some Japanese officers ignored the orders, others were receptive to the idea of murdering POWs.[12]

During the march, prisoners received little food or water, and many died.[2][13][14] Prisoners were subjected to severe physical abuse, including being beaten and tortured. On the march, the “sun treatment” was a common form of torture. Prisoners were forced to sit in sweltering direct sunlight, without helmets or other head covering. Anyone who asked for water was shot dead. Some men were told to strip naked or sit within sight of fresh, cool water.[8] Trucks drove over some of those who fell or succumbed to fatigue, and “cleanup crews” put to death those too weak to continue, though some trucks picked up some of those too fatigued to continue. Some marchers were randomly stabbed by bayonets or beaten. The Death March was later judged by an Allied military commission to be a Japanese war crime.

Once the surviving prisoners arrived in Balanga, the overcrowded conditions and poor hygiene caused dysentery and other diseases to spread rapidly. The Japanese did not provide the prisoners with medical care, so U.S. medical personnel tended to the sick and wounded with few or no supplies.[13] Upon arrival at the San Fernando railhead, prisoners were stuffed into sweltering, brutally hot metal box cars for the one-hour trip to Capas, in 43 °C (110 °F) heat. At least 100 prisoners were pushed into each of the trains’ unventilated boxcars. The trains had no sanitation facilities, and disease continued to take a heavy toll on the prisoners.

Upon arrival at the Capas train station, they were forced to walk the final 14 km (9 mi) to Camp O’Donnell. Even after arriving at Camp O’Donnell, the survivors of the march continued to die at rates of up to several hundred per day, which amounted to a death toll of as many as 20,000 Filipino and American deaths. Most of the dead were buried in mass graves that the Japanese had dug behind the barbed wire surrounding the compound. Of the estimated 80,000 POWs at the march, only 54,000 made it to Camp O’Donnell.

The total distance of the march from Mariveles to San Fernando and from Capas to Camp Cabanatuan or O’Donnell (which ultimately became the U.S. Naval Radio Transmitter Facility in Capas, Tarlac; 1962-1989) is variously reported by differing sources as between 96.6 and 112.0 km (60 and 69.6 mi).

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Ambrose, James C.

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Charles C. Ambrose.

Unit/Placed in, 554th Bomber Squadron, 386th Bomber Group (Medium).

 

James is born approx. on 1923 in illinois.

Father, James B. Ambrose.

Mother, Margaret E. Ambrose.

Sister(s), Phyllis C. Ambrose.

 

James enlisted the service in Illinois with service number # O-713989.

 

James ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B-26 were,

Major           Edward E. Turner             Pilot

2nd Lt.          Avril R. Woolsey                Co Pilot

2nd Lt.          James C. Ambrose             Bombardier/Navigator

S/Sgt.           Donald L. Schoffstall          Flight Engineer

Sgt.              George G. Vogiazis             Radio Operator

Pvt.             John J. Rudy                    Gunner

 

James was KIA in an airplane crash while attempting to land on return from combat operational mission on Sep. 16, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

James is buried/mentioned at Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, Coton, South Cambridgeshire District, Cambridgeshire, England

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Hudson Cemetery, Hudson, McLean County, Illinois, USA.

 

Thanks to, http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/USAAF/386th_Bombardment_Group.html

http://www.americanairmuseum.com/unit/330

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Anderson, Robert Wallace

Rank and Name, Sergeant Robert Wallace Anderson.

Unit/Placed in, Marine Patrol Bombing Squadron 341 (VMTB-341), Marine Corps.

 

Robert is born approx. on no record.

 

Robert enlisted the service in California with service number # 821216.

 

Robert ‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a Grumman SBD were,

 

 

Robert was KIA when on the mission they were hit and tried to make a water landing, but no recovery insight on May 2, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Combat Action Ribbon, Marine Good Conduct Medal, Marine Corps Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://www.seabees93.net/GI%20VMSB%20341%20history%20defective.htm

Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

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

Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Website,

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Smith, Albert Elias

Rank and Name, Private Albert Elias Smith.

Unit/Placed in, 33rd Quartermaster Truck Regiment.

Camp Cabanatuan(Pangatian) (former HQ 91st Philippine army Division)

After the Japanese occupation in 1942, the camp was converted by the Imperial Japanese Army into the Cabanatuan POW Camp. At its height, 8,000 prisoners were detained at this location. The prisoners also included some civilians including one British and one Norwegian citizen.  This POW Camp detained prisoners until liberated during the night of January 30, 1945.

The rectangular camp spanned roughly 25 acres and was 800 yards deep by 600 yards wide, divided by a road in the center. The camp consisted of a barracks for Japanese guards, barracks for prisoners, a hospital and water tower enclosed by barbed wire with guard towers.

Arisan Maru

The Arisan Maru was a Hell Ships (former Cargo, used for Transport POW’s to other Camps) sunk on Nov. 24, 1944.

The Arisan Maru, sailed from Manila on October 11, 1944 for Japan. This ship was sunk by the American submarine, USS Shark with three torpedoes, on November 24, 1944. There were 1800 POWs aboard – nine men survived this sinking. Two days later, five of the survivors were rescued by a Chinese fishing junk. The Chinese helped them reach American Air Corps forces. Other survivors were recaptured by a Japanese destroyer and taken to Formosa.

This Hell Ship sank in the South China Sea making it the worst naval disaster in the history of the United States.

 

Albert is born on 20 February 1920 in Southwick, Nez Perce, Idaho.

Father, Jerome Elias Smith.

Mother, Bernice Florence (Lamb) Smith.

Sister(s), Florence Lucetta, Iona Lora, Lois Audrey, Beryl Candice and Anita Lee Smith.

Brother(s), Elmer Charles Smith.

 

Albert enlisted the service in Oregon with service number # 19014228.

 

Albert was KIA when the Arisan Maru was Torpedoed (friendly fire, no awareness of pow transport) by the U.S. Submarine USS Shark with three torpedoes, he tried to escape and the Japanese guards shot him on Oct 24, 1944,  he is honored with a Purple Heart, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

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

Walls of the missing.

Albert is also buried/mentioned at Hillcrest Memorial Park

Medford, Jackson County, Oregon.

 

Thanks to, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K46Y-KRW

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

 

Bataan Death March

(April 9, 1942)

He became a POW and walked (60 miles) the Bataan Death March (together with 70.000 pow), Many walked this march and many died (aprox.600, lack of nutrition and water) to Prison Camps in the Philippines, and became part of a work detail.

Many Survived the March and the imprisonment, but many died thereafter.

Smith, Albert Theryle

Rank and Name, Staff Sergeant Albert Theryle Smith Jr..

Unit/Placed in, Air Corps (26th Bomber Squadron, 11th Bomber Group Heavy), United States Army Air Force.

 

Albert is born on 17 November 1923 in Dallas County, Texas.

Father, Albert Theryle Smith Sr.

Mother, Jewel (Roach) Smith.

Sister(s), Esther May and Ellen Smith.

 

Albert enlisted the service in Texas with service number # 20811803.

 

Albert‘s Crew-members and their position on-board the plane a B- 24 were,

2nd Lt.          Richard A. Nicholson          Pilot

2nd Lt.          Leo C. Rosselot Jr.             Co Pilot

2nd Lt.          Peter Holovak                   Navigator

TSgt.            Victor H. Holmes               Engineer

Sgt.              Paul H. Reimers                Asst. Engineer

Corporal       Harry J. Hutchinson          Radio Operator

Sgt.              David E. King                   Asst. Radio Operator

SSgt.            Albert T. Smith                 Nose Gunner

SSgt.            Donald R. Hartman           Armor Gunner

1st Lt.          Richard C. Powell              Passenger

Sgt.              Gordon D. McGaffey           Passenger

Sgt.              Uno E. Ylimainen              Passenger

 

Albert died on a Ferry Mission to Nurufetau (Tarawa) when the plane never arrived his destination on 3 February 1944,  he is honored with an Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

Albert is buried/mentioned at Honolulu Memorial, Honolulu County, Hawaii U.S.A.

Courts of the missing.

 

Thanks to, https://11thbombgroup.org/

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/

Smith Jr. , Albert Ervin

Rank and Name, Private First Class Albert Ervin Smith Jr.

Unit/Placed in, 1st Medical Battalion (D-Comp) 1st Marine Division, United States Marine Corps.

 

Albert is born on 1925 in Maine.

Father, Albert Ervin Smit Sr.

Mother, Ethel Doloris (Bishop) Smith.

Sister(s), Barbara M. Smith.

 

Albert enlisted the service in Maine with service number # 544976.

 

Albert died of an illness (bronchial pneumonia) aboard the Hospital ship USS Solace (AH-5) near Peleliu/Palau on 21 October 1944, he is honored with a Good Combat Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, American Campaign Medal, Navy & Marine Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

 

Thanks to, https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GXSY-7FH

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com ww2-europe.com

Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.

ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov

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

Seabees History Bob Smith  https://seabeehf.org/

Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org

POW Info, http://www.mansell.com    Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.

Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Robert Capistrano

Navy Seal Memorial,  http://www.navysealmemorials.com

Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org

WW2 Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/

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

Medals Forum, https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/

Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com

Tank Destroyers, http://www.bensavelkoul.nl/

WordPress en/of Wooncommerce oplossingen, https://www.siteklusjes.nl/

Military Recovery,  https://www.dpaa.mil/