World War II
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POW
Fallen
POW
Fallen
County:
Golden Valley
Date of Loss:
Recovered:
Remains not recovered
Branch of Service:
Army
Rank:
Private First Class
Battalion / Task Group / Squadron or equivalent:
28th Bomber Squadron
Regiment / Group / Brigade:
19th Bomber Group
Listed on/in the:
Register of North Dakota Veterans World War II 1941-1945 and Korean Conflict 1950-1953, published 1968
Major Battle/Theatre:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Circumstances:
He was a POW on the Shinyo Maru.
The Japanese ship "Shinyo Maru" was loaded with 750 U.S. POW's in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Paddle (SS-263), not knowing that American POW's were on board, fired torpedoes at the ship off the coast of Mindanao and sank it. Some Japanese guards shot prisoners as they struggled from the holds after the attack or were in the water.
Biography:
born Beach, ND 1 Oct 18; resident Golden Valley County, ND; entered US Army Chicago, IL 3 Aug 39; served Asiatic Pacific Theater; KIA 7 Sep 44 Southwest Pacific Area; memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing on the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, PI.