Miller, Albert Delmar – ww2 Pacific

Rank and Name, Lieutenant Colonel Albert Delmar Miller.

Unit/Placed in, 92nt Coastal Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts), United States Army.

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.

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 approx. on 22 Aug. 1898 in Pomeroy, Ohio.

Father, Albert Perry Miller.

Mother, Ella Augusta (Hazelton) Miller.

Sister(s), Mattie Hazel and Marcia Mildred Miller.

Spouse, Hellen Elizabeth (Bush) Miller.

Daughter, Helen Ann (Miller) Fadley

Albert enlisted the service in Ohio with service number # 0-015670.

He was captured after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, and send to POW Camp Davao, in 1944 on transport to a POW Camp in Japan with the “Hellship Arisan Maru” the POW Ship was Sunk with 3 torpedo’s on 24 October 1944 by the American Submarine USS Shark, not knowing it was a POW Ship.

Albert was KIA when he tried to escape, but was shot by the Japanese Guards , 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.

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

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56765695/albert-delmar-miller

Walls of the missing.

He also has a Memorial Grave at Mound Hill Cemetery, Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5835632/albert-delmar-miller

https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LY3P-SQ4

Because his remains were Lost when the Arisan Maru was sunk he is also mentioned https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/138574739/albert-delmar-miller

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