Pfc. Roy Edward Goodpaster

Mother: Nora

Enlisted: 20 November 1940 - Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 November 1940

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

        - tank driver

Overseas Duty: 

    Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    9 April 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands: 

        Camp O'Donnell

        Cabanatuan #1

    Japan:  

         Fukuoka #4 

         Moji Hospital

Hell Ship: 

         Oryoku Maru - 

            Sailed - Manila - 13 December 1944 

            Sunk - 15 December 1944 

         Enoura Maru  

            Sailed -27 December 1944

            Sunk - 9 January 1945 -Formosa

         Brazil Maru  

            Sailed - 13 January 1945 - Hong Kong

            Arrived: - 29 January 1945 - Moji, Japan 

Died: 8 April 1945 - wounds from Oryoku Maru & Enoura Maru

Buried: Remains Returned Home

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