He took part in the death march from Mariveles to Capas. There, 100 POWs were packed into small wooden boxcars that could hold 40 men or 8 horses. At San Fernando, the living left the boxcars and those who had died fell to the floor. The POWs walked the final miles to Camp O'Donnell.
As a POW, he was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. He became ill at Cabanatuan, died of disease, and was buried in a mass grave at the camp. After the war, his remains were identified, and he was reburied at the new American Military Cemetery at Manila.
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He took part in the death march from Mariveles to Capas. There, 100 POWs were packed into small wooden boxcars that could hold 40 men or 8 horses. At San Fernando, the living left the boxcars and those who had died fell to the floor. The POWs walked the final miles to Camp O'Donnell.
As a POW, he was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan in the Philippines. He became ill at Cabanatuan, died of disease, and was buried in a mass grave at the camp. After the war, his remains were identified, and he was reburied at the new American Military Cemetery at Manila.
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Entered the service from Minnesota.
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