Eaches, Howard Franklin

Name and Rank, Private First Class Howard Franklin Eaches.

Unit/Placed in, 162th Infantry Regiment, 41th Infantry Division “Sunsetters”.

Howard was born approx. on 1921 in Elizabeth, Lawrence County, Ohio.

Father, Howard E. Eaches.

Mother, Eva C. Eaches.

Howard entered the service from Ohio with service number # 35766592.

Howard F. Eaches was a Private First Class in the 162th Infantry Regiment.

Howard was KIA in the Fights near Mt. Pulong Bato range near Zamboanga, Philippines, on March 17, 1945, and he is honored with the Purple Heart, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Army Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

Howard is buried at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Thanks to

Jean Louis Vijgen, ww2-Pacific.com and 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

National Historian

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