Pvt. James T. McLeod

Mother: Mrs. D. H. McLeod

Nickname: Jim

Home: 134 West Gabilan Street - Salinas, California

Enlisted:

    - California National Guard
Inducted:

    - U.S. Army

        - 10 February 1941 - Salinas Army Airfield

Training: 

    - Fort Lewis, Washington

Units: 

    - 194th Tank Battalion

Overseas Duty: 

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Killed in Action:

    - 26 December 1941 - Lucban, Philippine Islands

        - tank hit by fire from enemy .47 millimeter gun

Memorial:

    - Tablets of the Missing  - American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands

        - remains of were left in tank and covered with dirt

         - later buried in a cemetery in Batanagas 

        - after the war, the remains were buried in a grave as unknown. 

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