Rank and Name, Technician Fifth Grade Alman E. Jackson.
Unit/Placed in, V Interceptor Command.
POW
The Imperial Japanese began their Invasion in the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941.
Tec5. Alman E. Jackson resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.
Tec5. Jackson became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp Cabanatuan, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.
Alman is born approx. on July 20, 1922 in Skowhagen, Maine.
Father, Joseph H. Jackson.
Mother, Florence A. (Danforth) Jackson.
Brother(s), Albert M. Stanley E. and Harold L. Jackson.
Alman enlisted the service in Maine with service number # 11016594.
Alman died in Japanese Captivity on July 24, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Alman is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
He also got a Memorial Grave at Southside Cemetery, Skowhegan, Somerset County, Maine, 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
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philppine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
