S/Sgt. Jesse E. Tubbs


Born: 19 August 1917 - Canada

    - American parents living in Canada 

Step-Parents: Peter "Bert" A. Tubbs & Clara L. Hamms-Tubbs

Siblings: 1 sister, 3 brothers

Home:  228 East Racine Street - Janesville, Wisconsin

Cousin: John Campbell, A Company

Enlisted:  Wisconsin National Guard

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army

        - November 25, 1940 - Janesville, Wisconsin

Training:  

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:  

    - Philippine Islands:

        - Fort Stotsenburg

Engagements:  

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:  

    - April 9, 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

        - Camp O'Donnell

        - Cabanatuan

Died:

    - 25 July 1942 from malaria, dysentery, heart failure

        - Approximate time of death - 6:00 PM

Buried:  American Military Cemetery -  Manila, Philippine Islands


 

 

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