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Agcaoili, Rosalio

Agcaolli, Rosalio

Rank and Name,Corporal Rosalio Agcaoili.

Unit/Placed in,24th Field Artillery Regiment, Philippine Scout.

 

Rosalio is born 1910 in the Philippines.

 

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

 

Rosalio enlisted the U.S.Army in Philippines with service number # 6738215.

 

Rosalio died as a POW on Nov. 5, 1944, he is honored with a POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

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

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/

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

Camp, no Record
His rank Corporal

Aguinaldo, Gregorio

Aguinaldo, Gregorio

Rank and Name,Corporal Gregorio Aguinaldo.

Unit/Placed in,57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts.

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

The 57th Infantry Regiment resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

Corporal Aguinaldo became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died imprisonment.

 

Gregorio is born in the Philippines.

 

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Gregorio enlisted the U.S.Army in Philippines with service number # 6865980.

 

Gregorio died as a POW on,Dec. 19, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

 

Gregorio 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/

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

 

57th Infantry Regiment (PS)
Camp, no Record
His rank Corporal

Ahern, William

Ahern, William

Rank and Name,Civilian William Ahern.

Unit/Placed in,.

POW

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

Together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

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

 

William is born in the Philippines.

 

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

 William died as a POW on April 3, 1944.

 

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

 

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/

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

 

Camp, no Record

Akil, Moro

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

Alexander, Earnest R.

Alexander, Earnest R.

Rank and Name, Second Lieutenant Earnest R. Alexander.

Unit/placed in, V Fighter Command (Far Eastern Air Force).

March 11, 1944 he was turned over to the Japanese.

 

Eastern was born in 1923 in Oklahoma.

 

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

 

Eastern entered  the service from Dallas, Texas in June 8, 1942 with service number # 18082768.

Earnest R. Alexander rank/duty was a Second Lieutenant/Pilot (P-51) in the V Fighter Command.

 

Earnest R. Alexander died as a POW in Cp. unknown, on June 6, 1944, and he is honored with the Purple Heart.

Eastern R. Alexander is mentioned/buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial,
Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Tablets of the Missing.

Thanks to ABMC, https://abmc.gov  http://navylog.navymemorial.org ,  Jean Louis Vijgen , Familysearch.com  https://www.familysearch.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Honorstates http://www.honorstates.org,  Geoffrey Roecker https://missingmarines.com/ P.O.W. : http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider, Armand Hendriks https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Camp, no Record
P.O.W. Medal
Earnest R. Alexander
His rank Second Lieutenant

Alleva, Joseph George

Alleva, Joseph George

Rank and Name,  Seaman First Class Joseph George Alleva.

Unit/Placed in, USS Houston (CA-30) Cruiser, United States Navy.

Tamahoku Maru

The Tamahoku Maru was a Hell Ship sunk on Jun. 24, 1944.

The Tamahoku Maru, sailed from Singapore for Japan with POWs. This ship was sunk by the American submarine, USS Tang of the coast of Nagasaki. There were 772 POWs aboard – several allied prisoners of war were killed fighting their Japanese guards or killed when the ship, the SS Tamahoku Maru was sunk.

 

Joseph is born approx. 1917 in Queens, New York.

 

Father, Emil Alleva.

Mother, Beatrice Alleva.

Both parents born in Italy.

Sister, Anna Alleva.

 

Joseph enlisted the service in New York with service number # 22388840.

 

Joseph was KIA when the Tamahoku Maru was Torpedoed on June 24, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Expeditionary Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Courts of the missing.

He is also mentioned on the USS Houston Crew list.

 

Thanks to http://www.mansell.com/pow_resources/camplists/fukuoka/fuk-14-nagasaki/tamahoku_maru.html https://www.pacificwrecks.com/provinces/indonesia_jakarta.html  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/

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Houston_(CA-30)

http://www.usshouston.org/crewlist/crewroster.htm

 

Hellship "Tamahoko Maru"
USS Houston (CA-30)
His rank Seaman First Class