Pvt. Wilbur E. Linse

Parents: Etta Goeldner-Linse & Alvin A. Linse

Siblings: 3 brothers, 2 sisters

Hometown: Modena, Wisconsin

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army 

        - 18 April 1941 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

        - tank mechanic 

        - at some point he trained as a medic 

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: 

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements:

    - Battle of Luzon 

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    - 9 April 1942

       - Death March

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

        - Camp O'Donnell

        - Cabanatuan

            - 17 August 1944 - sent to Bilibid

    - Japan: 

        - Unknown Camp

        - Sendai #10

            - Work: Mining

Hell Ship: 

    - Noto Maru

        - Sailed: Manila - 27 August 1944 

        - Arrived: Takao & Keelung, Formosa

        - Sailed: Keelung, Unknown

        - Arrived: Moji, Japan - 4 September 1944

Liberated: 

    September 1945

Promoted: Corporal

Died: 9 January 1957 - Chicago, Illinois

Buried:

    - Saint Paul Lutheran Cemetery - Modena, Wisconsin 

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