Pvt. Emmit Arthur McDow

Parents: James & Claudia McDow

    - father died during the 1920s

Siblings: 1 sister, 1 brother

Hometown: Canute, Washita County, Oklahoma

Occupation: concrete worker - B & R Canal, Oklahoma City

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 24 March 1941 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

        - trained as medic

    - 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 

    - Battle of Corregidor 

        - 9 April 1942 - 6 May 1942 

             - escaped to Corregidor the night of April 8, 1942 with other members of D Company 

Prisoner of War: 

    - 6 May 1942

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

       - Cabanatuan

Died:

    - 13 July 1942 - malaria & beriberi

        - Approximate time of death - 8:00 AM

Buried: American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands

        Note: Pvt. Emmit A. McDow is erroneously buried as a member of the 194th Tank Battalion

                  D Company was attached to the 194th Tank Battalion, but it remained under the command of the

                   192nd Tank Battalion.  The company is listed on the Presidential Unit Citations awarded to the 192nd.

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