Sgt. Hezakiah Franklin Sallee

Parents: Hez & Sally Sallee

Siblings:4 brothers, 1 sister

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 November 1940

Nickname: Heze

Brother: James - HQ Company

Hometown:  Harrodsburg

Training: 

    Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: 

    Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    9 April 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands: 

        Camp O'Donnell

        Cabanatuan

    Japan:

         Fukuoka #17

             Work: coal mining

Hell Ship: 

      Clyde Maru - 

        - Sailed: Manila - 23 July 1943

        - Arrived: Moji, Japan - 7 August 1943

Died: 6 June 1944 - fractured skull - coal mine accident

      Note:  Sgt. Heze F. Sallee's grave erroneously shows him as a member of the 194th Tank Battalion. Although

                 D company fought with the 194th, the company was never transferred to the battalion and had been

                 returned to the command of the 192nd before the surrender..

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