Pfc. Robert Gemmell Gill Jr.

Parents: Olive & Robert G. Gill Sr.

Siblings: 1 sister

Hometown: Greensburg, Pennsylvania

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army - Houston, Texas

        - 13 March 1941

Training:

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

Battles:

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:

    - 9 April 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps:

    - Philippine Islands:

        - Camp O'Donnell

        - Cabanatuan

Hell Ship:

  Oryoku Maru

        Sailed: 13 December 1944

        Sunk: 15 December 1944 - Subic Bay

    Enoura Maru

        Sailed: 27 December 1944

        Sunk: 6 January 1945 - Takao Harbor - Formosa

    Brazil Maru

        Sailed: 13 January 1943 - Takao, Formosa

        Arrived: 30 January 1945 - Moji, Japan 

Died:

    - Moji Hospital

         - 13 February 1945 - dysentery

           - Note: Japanese POW Research Network has date of death as 11 February 1945

Cremated: remains placed in common grave

Memorial: Yokohama War Cemtery

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