Sgt. Oscar Dean


Born: 23 June 1919 - Mercer County, Kentucky

Mother: Glaydis

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 November 1940

Training: 

    Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands

Engagements: Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:

   9 April 1941

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands: 

        Camp O'Donnell

        Cabanatuan,

Died: 20 October 42 - dysentery

Buried: Zachary Taylor National Cemetery - 16 February 1950

Note: Oscar Dean is mistakenly identified as a member of the Army Air Corp.


 

 

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