Chester Otis Pounds (21, 30 September 1919, Ford City, Texas), a resident of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. 253, Order No. V-1236) on 16 October 1940 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. He was employed by Cooper Motor Company. Chester listed his mother, Mrs. Lewel Pounds, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as (no height and weight), with a ruddy complexion, gray eyes and brown hair.
Chester O. Pounds (1919 Texas), a resident of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, enlisted as a Private (S/N 38011805) in the U.S. Army on 14 March 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was single and had completed 1 year of high school. Chester was described as in 5' 7½" (69 inches) height and 141 lbs.
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines and assigned to Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery (AA). They were sent to Clark Field and became part of the Bataan Defense Force when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1942.
He was taken prisoner by the Japanese when the Philippines fell. Chester was taken to the Cabanatuan POW Camp #1 where he died on 06 June 1942, at 9:30 am of dysentery. He was one of nine prisoners to die that day, the 16th prisoner to die in the Camp 1. In all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years..
He was first buried in the Cabanatuan Prison Cemetery. After the war (starting in December 1945 through March 1946) the Cabanatuan Cemetery was disinterred and the remains brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. His remains were buried in Block 3, Row 6, Grave 677 (D-D 9843). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Otis Pounds), Tec 5 Chester O. Pounds was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot C, Row 15, Grave 90.
Half of Santa Fe’s Battery Listed as Lost
Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery (AA) – Santa Fe’s three-inch ackack battery – lost approximately half of its original strength in the war against Japan, Carl F. Whittaker, liaison officer of the State War Veterans Information Bureau, has disclosed.
Of the 149 enlisted men of this battery who went to the Philippines in the fall of 1941, 58 are listed as dead. Fourteen others are still recorded as prisoners, three as missing in action.
The regiment went to Fort Bliss, Tex., early in January, 1941, for training, having been called into federal service…Dead…Chester O. Pounds…” Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Saturday, 10 November 1945, page 26.
Chester O. Pounds (1919 Texas), a resident of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, enlisted as a Private (S/N 38011805) in the U.S. Army on 14 March 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was single and had completed 1 year of high school. Chester was described as in 5' 7½" (69 inches) height and 141 lbs.
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines and assigned to Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery (AA). They were sent to Clark Field and became part of the Bataan Defense Force when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1942.
He was taken prisoner by the Japanese when the Philippines fell. Chester was taken to the Cabanatuan POW Camp #1 where he died on 06 June 1942, at 9:30 am of dysentery. He was one of nine prisoners to die that day, the 16th prisoner to die in the Camp 1. In all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years..
He was first buried in the Cabanatuan Prison Cemetery. After the war (starting in December 1945 through March 1946) the Cabanatuan Cemetery was disinterred and the remains brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. His remains were buried in Block 3, Row 6, Grave 677 (D-D 9843). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Otis Pounds), Tec 5 Chester O. Pounds was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot C, Row 15, Grave 90.
Half of Santa Fe’s Battery Listed as Lost
Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery (AA) – Santa Fe’s three-inch ackack battery – lost approximately half of its original strength in the war against Japan, Carl F. Whittaker, liaison officer of the State War Veterans Information Bureau, has disclosed.
Of the 149 enlisted men of this battery who went to the Philippines in the fall of 1941, 58 are listed as dead. Fourteen others are still recorded as prisoners, three as missing in action.
The regiment went to Fort Bliss, Tex., early in January, 1941, for training, having been called into federal service…Dead…Chester O. Pounds…” Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Saturday, 10 November 1945, page 26.
Chester Otis Pounds (21, 30 September 1919, Ford City, Texas), a resident of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. 253, Order No. V-1236) on 16 October 1940 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. He was employed by Cooper Motor Company. Chester listed his mother, Mrs. Lewel Pounds, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as (no height and weight), with a ruddy complexion, gray eyes and brown hair.
Chester O. Pounds (1919 Texas), a resident of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, enlisted as a Private (S/N 38011805) in the U.S. Army on 14 March 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was single and had completed 1 year of high school. Chester was described as in 5' 7½" (69 inches) height and 141 lbs.
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines and assigned to Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery (AA). They were sent to Clark Field and became part of the Bataan Defense Force when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1942.
He was taken prisoner by the Japanese when the Philippines fell. Chester was taken to the Cabanatuan POW Camp #1 where he died on 06 June 1942, at 9:30 am of dysentery. He was one of nine prisoners to die that day, the 16th prisoner to die in the Camp 1. In all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years..
He was first buried in the Cabanatuan Prison Cemetery. After the war (starting in December 1945 through March 1946) the Cabanatuan Cemetery was disinterred and the remains brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. His remains were buried in Block 3, Row 6, Grave 677 (D-D 9843). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Otis Pounds), Tec 5 Chester O. Pounds was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot C, Row 15, Grave 90.
Half of Santa Fe’s Battery Listed as Lost
Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery (AA) – Santa Fe’s three-inch ackack battery – lost approximately half of its original strength in the war against Japan, Carl F. Whittaker, liaison officer of the State War Veterans Information Bureau, has disclosed.
Of the 149 enlisted men of this battery who went to the Philippines in the fall of 1941, 58 are listed as dead. Fourteen others are still recorded as prisoners, three as missing in action.
The regiment went to Fort Bliss, Tex., early in January, 1941, for training, having been called into federal service…Dead…Chester O. Pounds…” Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Saturday, 10 November 1945, page 26.
Chester O. Pounds (1919 Texas), a resident of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, enlisted as a Private (S/N 38011805) in the U.S. Army on 14 March 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was single and had completed 1 year of high school. Chester was described as in 5' 7½" (69 inches) height and 141 lbs.
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines and assigned to Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery (AA). They were sent to Clark Field and became part of the Bataan Defense Force when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1942.
He was taken prisoner by the Japanese when the Philippines fell. Chester was taken to the Cabanatuan POW Camp #1 where he died on 06 June 1942, at 9:30 am of dysentery. He was one of nine prisoners to die that day, the 16th prisoner to die in the Camp 1. In all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years..
He was first buried in the Cabanatuan Prison Cemetery. After the war (starting in December 1945 through March 1946) the Cabanatuan Cemetery was disinterred and the remains brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. His remains were buried in Block 3, Row 6, Grave 677 (D-D 9843). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (father, Mr. Otis Pounds), Tec 5 Chester O. Pounds was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot C, Row 15, Grave 90.
Half of Santa Fe’s Battery Listed as Lost
Battery C, 200th Coast Artillery (AA) – Santa Fe’s three-inch ackack battery – lost approximately half of its original strength in the war against Japan, Carl F. Whittaker, liaison officer of the State War Veterans Information Bureau, has disclosed.
Of the 149 enlisted men of this battery who went to the Philippines in the fall of 1941, 58 are listed as dead. Fourteen others are still recorded as prisoners, three as missing in action.
The regiment went to Fort Bliss, Tex., early in January, 1941, for training, having been called into federal service…Dead…Chester O. Pounds…” Source: The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico), Saturday, 10 November 1945, page 26.
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