Pvt. Lawrence M. Sears

Mother: Louise

    - father died when he was a child 

Siblings: 2 brothers

Nickname: Larry

Hometown: Winfield, Illinois

Occupation: home maintenance

Enlisted: Illinois National Guard

    - 27 September 1941 

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 25 November 1940 - Maywood, Illinois

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

        - tank driver 

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: 

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon 

    - Battle of Bataan

        - wounded - taken to hospital

Prisoner of War: 

    - 9 April 1942

        - left behind in Hospital #1 - Bataan

        - wounded again when hospital was hit by friendly fire from Corregidor

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

        - Cabanatuan

    - Japan:

        - Omine Machi

            - Work: coal mining

Liberated: September 1945

Died: 14 April 1983 - Aurora, Colorado

Buried:

    - Ft. Logan National Cemetery - Denver, Colorado

        - Section:  3,   Site:  6741 

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