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Pfc. Roy Edward Goodpaster |
| Born: 4
January 1920 - Burnam, Madison County, Kentucky
Parents: Roy E. Goodpaster & Nora Young-Goodpaster Siblings: 2 sisters Home: West Broadway Street - Harrodsburg, Kentucky - house was located between North College Street and North Chiles Street Occupation: Road Construction - Works Project Administration 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 Luzon - 8 December 1941 - 6 January 1942 - Battle of Bataan - 7 January 1942 - 9 April 1942 Prisoner of War: - 9 April 1942 - Death March
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Mariveles - POWs started march at southern tip of Bataan POW Camps: - Philippine Islands: - Camp O'Donnell
- unfinished Filipino training base - Cabanatuan #1 - Port Area Detail - 13 June 1942 - July 1944 - Roy remained behind with a small group of POWs after most of the POWs were sent to Japan. - Bilibid Prison - Japan: 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 - croup pneumonia Cremated: Buried: - Memorial: Yokohama War Cemetery - Yokohama, Japan - Cremated remains of all American POWs placed in common urn with the remains of other Allied POWs |
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