Cpl. Gilbert A. Ryman


Born:  1914 - Greenwood Township, Vernon County, Wisconsin

Parents: Ralph Ryman & Minnie Graham-Ryman

Siblings: 3 sisters

Home:  412 North Terrace Street - Janesville, Wisconsin

Occupation: worked as a weaver - Rock River Woolen Mills

Engaged: 

    - Devota Buggs sister of Wayne Buggs, A Company

Enlisted:  Wisconsin National Guard

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army

        - 25 November 1940

Training:  

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:  

    - Fort Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon 

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:  

    - April 9, 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands:  

        - Camp O'Donnell

        - Cabanatuan

        - Camp Olivias

Died: 

    - 25 July 1942 - Yellow Jaundice

Buried: 

    - American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands


 

 

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