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Ansley, Frank Abendroth

Rank and Name, First Lieutenant Frank A. Ansley.

Unit/Placed in, 20th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group.

Camp Davao

Davao – Small port city on southeast coast of Mindanao. The POW camp was located some ten miles northwest of the port. Camp was closed in 1944 and the POWS were sent first to Cebu on the Yashu Maru. In Cebu, they were transferred to the Singoto Maru and moved to Manila and into Bilibid.

Shinyo Maru

The Hell Ships Shinyo Maru left Manila for Japan.

On Sep. 7, 1944 the ship was hit by 2 Torpedoes from the American Submarine USS Paddle off the Mindanao Coast.

Presumed of the 750 POW onboard, 668 were killed by the Japanese guards and impact of the torpedoes and sinking of the ship.

 

Frank is born approx. on Nov. 17, 1917 in Rochester, New York.

Father, Ernest C. Ansley.

Mother, Bertha M. (Abendroth) Ansley.

Brother(s), Albert H. and Ernest C. Ansley.

 

Frank enlisted the service in New York with service number # O-401351.

 

Frank was KIA when the Shinyo Maru was torpedoed, he tried to escape but got shot by the Japanese Guards and drowned on Sep. 7, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

 

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

Walls of the missing.

He Also has a Memorial Grave at Grove Mount Cemetery, Himrod, Yates County, New York, USA.

 

Thanks to,

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

POW Camp Davao
Shinyo Maru
P.O.W. Medal
His rank First Lieutenant