Pvt. Maynard C. Cravens

Parents: William D. Cravens & Mary Belle Jaggers-Cravens

Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister

Home: Hart County, Kentucky

Occupation: worked on family farm

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 21 January 1941 - Louisville, Kentucky

Training:

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

        - 8 December 1941 - 6 January 1942 

    - Battle of Bataan

        - 7 January 1942 - 9 April 1942 

Prisoner of War:

    - Not knowm - He may have escaped to Corregidor. 

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands:

        - Cabanatuan

    - Japan:

        - Fukuoka Camp #17

            - Work: coal mining

Hell Ship:

    - Clyde Maru

        - Sailed: Manila - 23 July 1943

        - Arrived: Moji - 7 August 1943

Liberated: September 1945

Promoted: Staff Sergeant

Discharged: 5 November 1946

Married: Marie A. Cravens

Died:

    - 30 August 1951 - Louisville, Kentucky

Buried:

    - Zachary Taylor National Cemetery

        - Section: C   Site:  636

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