Sgt. Donald Kenneth Semrow


Born:  4 January 1922 - Janesville, Wisconsin

Parents: George P. Semrow & Alice L. McPherson-Semrow

    - father died while Donald was a child

    - mother died when he was 17 

    - Donald and his brother, Bruce, were taken in by William & Marjorie Goslin 

Siblings: 2 sisters, 4 brothers

Home:  305 South Pearl Street - Janesville, Wisconsin

    Note: Donald gave his home address while a POW as:

                   191 West Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Enlisted:  Wisconsin National Guard

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army

        - November 25, 1940 - Janesville, Wisconsin

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

Died:  22 July 1942 - dysentery

Buried:  American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands

    - Plot:  N   Row:  13   Grave:  91 


 

 

 

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