Born:  28 March 1917 - Janesville, Wisconsin

Parents: Bert Crompton & Arlene Hupel-Crompton

Siblings: 2 brothers, 1 sister

Hometown: Harmony, Wisconsin

    - family later resided at 1203 Burnett Street, Janesville

Enlisted:  Wisconsin National Guard

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army

        - November 25, 1940 - Janesville, Wisconsin

Training:  

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:  

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements:  

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:  

    - April 9, 1942

        - Death March 

            - started march at Mariveles on the southern tip of Bataan
            - San Fernando - POWs packed into small wooden boxcars
            - Capas - POWs leave boxcars - dead fall out of cars
            - walk last ten miles to Camp O'Donnell

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands:  

        - Camp O'Donnell

        - Cabanatuan

Died: 

    - 18 June 1942 - diphtheria and malaria

        - Approximate time of death: 3:15 P.M.

Buried:  

    - Milton Lawns Memorial Park - Janesville, Wisconsin

          - Section: C  Lot: 15   Grave:  3