Pvt. Jack W. Tucker

Born: 12 December 1920 - Indiana     - used "Jack" as his first name to avoid confusion with his father     - real name: John W. Tucker Jr. Parents: John W. Tucker Sr. & Nellie Tucker Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 brothers Home: 4707 Southeast Henry Street - Portland, Oregon     - family moved to Oregon about 1924 Enlisted:     - Oregon National Guard Inducted:     - U.S. Army         - 16 September 1940 Training:     - Fort Lewis, Washington Unit:     - 194th Tank Battalion Overseas Duty:     - Philippine Islands Engagements:     - Battle of Luzon     - Battle of Bataan Prisoner of War:     - 9 April 1942         - Death March             - Mariveles - POWs start march at southern tip of Bataan             - POWs ran past Japanese artillery firing at Corregidor                 - Americans on Corregidor returned fire             - San Fernando - POWs put into small wooden boxcars                 - each boxcar could hold eight horses or forty men                 - 100 POWs packed into each car                 - POWs who died remained standing             - Capas - dead fell to floor as living left boxcars             - POWs walked last ten miles to Camp O'Donnell POW Camps:     - Camp O'Donnell         - unfinished Filipino training base             - Japanese put camp into use as POW Camp             - only one water spigot for entire camp             - as many as 50 POWs died each day             - Japanese opened new POW camp to lower death rate      - Cabanatuan Died:     - 26 August 1942- dysentery & cerebral malaria         - Approximate time of death: 3:00 P.M. Buried:     - Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery Reburied:     - 2 November 1949 - Lincoln Memorial Park - Portland, Oregon         - Plot: Veterans Lawn

 

 

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