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Personnel of A Company, 192nd Tank Battalion COVERING THE PERIOD 1 DECEMBER 1941 TO 1 NOVEMBER 1945
The following roster was compiled from our research, from information provided by surviving members of the battalion, newspaper articles, and the official army report of Jacques V. Merrifield, 1st Lt., Aide-de-camp, 192nd Tank Battalion written after the war in November, 1945.
To identify the original National Guardsmen who were assigned to Headquarters Company, they have been listed in the companies in which they originally were members. |
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RAMP (Recovered Allied Military
Personnel)
KIA (Killed In Action) |
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Company A |
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Assigned to: Headquarters Company |
|
Officers |
| Capt.
Thorman, Russell C. |
O&365452 |
Died
|
Sinking of the Enoura Maru 8 January 1945 |
Wisconsin |
|
Bruni, Fred T. |
O&370664 |
Died
|
Burnt to death at Palawan,
P.
I.
15 Dec. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| 1st. Lt.
Bushaw, John F. A. |
O&403497 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1 3 Aug. 42 - cerebral malaria |
Wisconsin |
|
Enlisted Men |
| M/Sgt.
Havens, Robert G. |
20645204 |
Died
|
Cabanatuan Camp #1 23 Nov 42 - beriberi |
Wisconsin |
|
McDonald, Osborne |
20645200 |
Died |
Work detail at Marivalas, P. I.
15 June 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
|
Prueher, George R. |
20645238 | Died
|
Clark Field work detail
1 July 42 - dysentery & cerebral malaria |
Wisconsin |
| T/Sgt.
Walsh, Ernest G. |
20645291 |
Died
|
Camp O'Donnell 9 June 42 - dysentery and malaria |
Wisconsin |
| Sgt.
Campbell, Willard H. |
20645255 |
Died
|
Camp O'Donnell 3 June 42 - malaria |
Wisconsin |
| Dery, Roger C. | 20645231 | Died
|
Cabanatuan Camp #1
15 July 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| King, Ronald J. | 20645263 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
14 Sept. 42 - dysentery & malaria |
Wisconsin |
| Krause, Leslie | 20645216 | Died
|
Sinking
Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Nolan, William F. | 20645288 | RAMP | Narumi Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| O'Connell, Joseph H. | 20645306 | RAMP | Fukuoka Camp #17, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Trebs, Edward H. | 20645222 | Wounded |
Transferred to Australia
18 Jan. 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Van Galder, Edmund F. | 20645280 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp
#1
30 July 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Wallisch, Lewis | 20645224 | RAMP | Narumi Camp, Japan | Wisconsin |
| Wilmer, Ivan O. | 20645227 | KIA | Bataan, P. I.
3 Feb. 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Wood, John W., Jr. | 20645282 | RAMP | Sendai #3, Japan | Wisconsin |
|
Tec. 5 Fox, John T. |
20645295 |
Died
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Executed at Cabanatuan Camp #1 1 June 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Heddleston, Donald M. | 20645261 | Died |
Camp O'Donnell
8 June 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Moreland, Claude N. | 20645270 | Died | Camp
O'Donnell
1 May 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Cpl.
Dorsey, Leo H. |
20645212 |
RAMP |
Osaka #5-B, Tanagawa, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Tec 4
Sterken, Gerald K. |
20645307 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1 24 June 42 - dysentery & malaria |
Wisconsin |
| Pfc.
Buggs, Lester R. |
20645225 |
RAMP |
Fukuoka Camp #17, Omuta, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Buggs, Melvin E. | 20645254 | Died |
Sinking of Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Buggs, Wayne T. | 20645228 | RAMP | Nagoya #5B, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Courtney, Daniel J. | 20645230 | RAMP | Hirohata #12B, Japan | Wisconsin |
| Fanning, Harold G. | 20645283 | Died | Cabanatuan Camp
#1
1 Sept. 42 of dysentery & diphtheria |
Wisconsin |
| Hubbard, Robert R. | 20645214 | Died | Hoten Camp, Manchuria
3 Jan. 43 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Hughes, Kent W., Jr. | 20645285 | Died |
Cabanatuan #1
3 July 42 - broken back |
Wisconsin |
| Keegan, Harold P. | 20645290 | Died |
Clark Field on work detail
6 June 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Pvt.
Berger, Donald R. |
20645220 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1 1 July 42 - malaria, dysentery & inanition |
Wisconsin |
|
Crompton, Charles V. |
20645300 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
18 June 42 - diphtheria & malaria |
Wisconsin |
| Langley, Alfred R. | 20645265 | RAMP | Fukuoka #17, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Rex, Emerson S. | 20645271 | RAMP | Nagoya Camp #7-B, Japan |
Wisconsin |
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Assigned to: Company C |
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2nd Lt. Scoville, Leroy A. |
O&890430 |
Died |
Wounds on Brazil Maru 25 Jan. 45 |
Wisconsin |
|
Company A Officers |
| Capt.
Write, Walter |
O&330452 |
KIA |
Urdanta, P. I. 24 Dec. 41 - landmine |
Wisconsin |
| 1st Lt.
Bloomfield, Kenneth B. |
O&405854 |
Died |
Death March at Cabcaban, P. I. 13 April 42 - exhaustion |
Wisconsin |
|
2nd Lt. Bartz, Albert J. |
O&405156 |
Wounded |
Transferred to Australia 18 Jan. 42 |
Wisconsin |
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Knox, Henry |
O&423003 | RAMP | Zentsuji Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Reed, William A., Jr. | O&1013695 | KIA | East of Concepcion, P. I.
24 Dec. 41 - enemy shell |
Maryland |
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Enlisted Men |
1st/Sgt. Lawton, Dale E. |
20645199 |
RAMP |
Cabanatuan Camp #1 |
Wisconsin |
|
S/Sgt. Luther, Henry M. |
20645207 |
Died |
Sinking of the Arisan Maru 24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| McAuliffe, William M. | 20645208 | RAMP | Oeyama Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
|
Tubbs, Jesse E. |
20645223 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1 25 July 42 - dysentery, malaria & heart failure |
Wisconsin |
|
Sgt. Anderson, Leroy |
36201460 |
Died |
Sinking of Arisan Maru 24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Bartz, Robert W. | 20645248 | RAMP | Fukuoka Camp #23, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Bushaw, Delmon R. | 20645202 | RAMP | Narumi Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Campbell, John F. | 20645229 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
11 July 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Chapman, Alva J. | 20645256 | RAMP | Narumi Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Durner, Herbert A., Jr. | 20645257 | RAMP | Kawasaki #1, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Klitzke, Paul W. | 20645286 | Died |
Camp O'Donnell
3 June 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Knox, Forrest K. | 20645205 | RAMP | Nagoya #9-B, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Kubly, Robert C. | 20645206 | RAMP | Nagoya #9-B Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Lang, Howard R. | 36206280 | RAMP | Nagoya #7-B,
Toyoama, Japan |
Minnesota |
| Luther, John P. | 20645217 | Died |
Sinking Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Parish, Philip | 20645209 | RAMP | Nagoya #6-B, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Riedeman, Harvey H. | 36201116 | Died | Moji POW
Hospital, Japan
4 Feb. 45 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Rinehart, Orvis | 20645272 | RAMP | Hoten Camp, Manchuria |
Wisconsin |
| Sandmire, Owen | 20645273 | RAMP | Omine Machi Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Schultz, James H. | 20645302 | Died |
Sinking Shinyo Maru
7 Sept. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Semrow, Donald K. | 20645243 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
22 July 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Teal, Forrest F. | 20645211 | Died |
Sinking Shinyo Maru
7 Sept. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Walsh, Stanley J. | 20645226 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
10 Dec. 42 - beriberi & dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Tec 5
Elmer, Wesley |
20645299 |
RAMP |
Hiraoka Camp #3, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Fancher, Wesley B. | 20645232 | Died |
Camp O'Donnell
20 May 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Hill, Raymond M. | 20645262 | Died |
Camp O'Donnell
22 July 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| McCage, Neil B. | 38020752 | Died |
Sinking Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Oklahoma |
| Steen, Arnold M. | 20645277 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
21 June 42 - malaria |
Wisconsin |
|
Wasson, Dewayne E. |
20645245 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
9 July 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Cpl.
Baldon, Ray |
20645301 |
Died |
Camp O'Donnell 7 May 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
|
Bruce, Jack V. |
20645252 | Died |
Bilibid Prison, Manila, P. I.
12 Dec. 43 - bronchitis & pneumonia |
Wisconsin |
| Peterson, Marvel | 20645219 | Died |
Sinking Ariaan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Ryman, Gilbert A. | 20645240 | Died |
Camp Olivias, P. I.
25 July 42 - yellow jaundice |
Wisconsin |
| Squire, Kenneth C. | 20645278 | Died |
Sinking Shinyo Maru
7 Sept. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Stewart, Robert J. | 20645289 | RAMP | Sendai #6, Japan |
Wisconsin |
|
Tec
4
Hatlevig, Kenneth R. |
20645260 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1 8 July 42 - malaria |
Wisconsin
|
| Krug, Fred | 20645264 | Died |
Cabanatuan
Camp #1
8 July 42 - diphtheria & dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Madison, Harold F. | 20645253 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
14 Aug. 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Madison, Ralph A. | 20645292 | Died |
Heito Camp, Formosa
17 Jan. 45 |
Wisconsin |
| Pfc.
Grim, Laurence H. |
20645259 |
Died
|
Camp O'Donnell 31 May 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Harrie, Robert J. | 20645293 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
17 June 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Knipsheild, Donald E. | 20645215 | Died |
Sinking Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Lobdell, Lloyd J. | 20645267 | Died |
Work detail,
Philippine Islands
19 Nov. 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Lustig, Maurice E. | 20656945 | Died |
Sinking Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Manogue, James L. | 20645268 | Died |
Camp O'Donnell 8 July 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| McCarthy, George, Jr. | 20645234 | Guerilla |
Reported to American Forces
Jan. 45 |
Wisconsin |
| McCrea, Joseph F. | 20645269 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
15 Sept. 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| McCrone, Jean H. | 36200714 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
12 Oct. 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Nickols, Carl N. | 20645287 | RAMP | Bilibid Prison, Manila, P. I. |
Wisconsin |
| Phillips, Lewis R. | 20645237 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
4 Nov. 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Samek, Thomas H. | 20645241 | Died |
Fukuoka Camp #3, Japan
12 Feb. 45 - enteritis |
Wisconsin |
| Schoeberle, Kenneth E. | 20645275 | Died |
Sinking Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Pvt.
Baldon, Fay |
20645303 |
Died |
Sinking Arisan Maru 24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Bennett, Horace | 38054331 | RAMP | Cabanatuan POW Camp |
Texas |
| Blonien, Elmer F. | 36206285 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
20 Oct. 42 - after surgery for ruptured spleen |
Wisconsin |
| Boehm, Robert F. | 20645251 | RAMP | Fukuoka Camp #3-B, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Burke, John F. | 20645305 | Died |
Sinking Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Wisconsin |
| Burchard, Earl O. | 20645297 | RAMP | Fukuoka Camp #23, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Curtis, William A.,Jr. | 38020515 | RAMP |
Sendai #6, Japan |
Oklahoma |
| DeGroot, Edward | 36201423 | RAMP | Omine Machi Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| DuBois, Albert | 36206323 | RAMP | Fukuoka Camp #17, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Erickson, Charles F. | 36206291 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
8 Aug. 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Finley, James | 38020403 | RAMP | Fukuoka Camp #17, Japan |
Oklahoma |
| Goff, Alton K. | 20645258 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
9 Sept. 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Greenfield, Eugene C. | 35014978 | Died | Hirohata 12-B, Japan
7 April 44 of beriberi |
Ohio |
| Hart, Leonard M. | 38020419 | RAMP | Fukuoka Camp #17, Japan |
Oklahoma |
| Hart, Wando A. | 14018658 | Died |
Bilibid Prison, Manila,
P. I.
4 March 44 - blood poisoning |
Georgia |
| Haviland, William J. | 35014809 | Died |
Sendai Camp #6, Japan
31 May 45 - tuberculosis |
Ohio |
| Hensley, Emmett E. | 38021005 | RAMP | Fukuoka Camp #23, Japan |
Oklahoma |
| Hurndon, James H., Jr. | 14018650 | Died |
Sinking of Shinyo Maru
7 Sept, 44 |
Georgia |
| Hurtt, Thomas E. | 14016297 | Died |
Sinking of Arisan Maru
24 Oct. 44 |
Mississippi |
| Johnson, Vernon A. | 36206260 | RAMP | Narumi Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Kitchens, Cecil W. | 38020983 | RAMP | Bilibid Prison, Manila, P. I. |
Oklahoma |
| McCarter, Emerson M. | 38021080 | RAMP | Tsuruga Camp, Japan |
Oklahoma |
| New, Donald B. | 36200864 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
10 Aug. 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Ortega, Abel | 38029189 | RAMP | Maiabara #10-B, Japan |
Texas |
| Paul, Norman A. | 36206283 | Died |
Nagoya #7-B, Japan
24 July 45 - chronic bronchitis |
Wisconsin |
| Richardson, Obie C. | 38054695 | RAMP | Osaka #2, Kobe House, Japan |
Texas |
| Richter, Lloyd J. | 20645294 | RAMP | Osaka #3-B, Oeyama, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Riese, Boyd A. | 20645239 | RAMP | Kamioka Camp, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Schlingerman, Glen R. | 36206289 | Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
9 Oct. 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Schmidt, Emil O. | 20645274 | RAMP | Maibara #10-B, Osaka, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Schultz, Donald F. | 20645304 | RAMP | Omine Machi, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Shea, Beranard K. | 20645244 |
Died |
Camp O'Donnell
20 May 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Shrelnes, Anthony J. | 35020798 | RAMP | Osaka #2, Kobe House, Japan |
Ohio |
| Sommerlund, William H. | 36206289 | RAMP | Fukuoka #17, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Spencer, John C. | 20645210 | RAMP | Sendai Camp #6, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Stoudt, Daniel M. | 36201050 | RAMP | Sendai Camp #6, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Sykora, Vincent C. | 38040765 |
Died |
Sinking Shinyo Maru 7 Sept. 44 |
Texas |
| Taipale, Walter W. |
36201042 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
10 Nov. 42 |
Wisconsin |
| Trinka, Jr., Vendel | 36206274 | RAMP | Nagoya Camp #9-B, Japan |
Wisconsin |
| Underwood, Ray C. | 06930012 | Died |
Hanawa Camp, Japan
15 Feb. 45 - pneumonia |
Mississippi |
| Weech, Miles E. | 39676422 | Died |
Wounds, Hospital #1,
Bataan
5 Feb. 42 |
Idaho |
| White, Glen K. | 20645281 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
8 July 42 - dysentery |
Wisconsin |
| Widener, Glen E. | 38020989 |
Died |
Cabanatuan Camp #1
18 June 42 |
Oklahoma |