Pvt. Kenneth Allen Booher

Born: 23 December 1909 - South Dakota Parents: Elmer A. Booher & Eliza A. Lloyd-Booher Siblings: 3 sisters, 5 brothers Home: Lane County, Orgeon Enlisted:     - U.S. Army         - 1 April 1941 Training:     - Fort Lewis, Washington Units:     - 194th Tank Battalion Overseas Duty:     - Philippine Islands Engagements:     - Battle of Luzon Wounded:     - 26 December 1941         - outside of Carmen during major tank fighting         - evaculated to the hospital at San Fernando         - later taken to a hospital in Manila Evaculated:     - Japanese allowed one ship to leave Manila carrying wounded          - Sailed: 31 December 1941              - POWs had no idea where they were going until the ship passed Corregidor              - during trip to Australia, the ship caught fire              - ship also went through typhoon           - Arrived: Sydney - 17 January 1942 Hospitalized:     - 113th Australian General Hospital - Sydney Promoted: Tec 4 Discharged:     - 9 October 1942         - wounds were too serious to remain in service Died:     - 7 April 1973 - Cottage Grove, Oregon Buried:     - Lane Memorial Cemetery - Eugene, Oregon         - Section: Garden of the Apostles

 

 

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