S/Sgt. Joe Baxter Million


Born: 1 July 1918 - Mercer County, Kentucky

Parents: Charlie & Filora Million

Siblings: 3 brothers, 3 sisters

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 November 1940

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 #1

        Batangas

             Work: Built runways

        Palawan Island

Died: 

    14 December 44 - burnt to death - Palawan Island

Buried: Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri


 

 

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