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Pvt. Willard Rue Yeast |
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Born: 1915 - Mercer County, Kentucky
Mother: Cordie Brother: Claude Yeast - D Company Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard Inducted: U. S. Army, 25 November 1940 Training: Fort Knox, Kentucky Camp Polk, Louisiana Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands Engagements: Northern Luzon Battle of Bataan Prisoner of War: 9 April 1941 - Death March POW Camps: Philippine Islands: Camp O'Donnell Cabanatuan Batangas Palawan Island Died: 14 December 1944 - burnt to death Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery - St. Louis, Missouri |
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