Tec 5 Lyle Eesley

Born: June 1917 - Ohio

Home: Franklin County

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army

        - 28 January 1941 - Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio

Training:

    - Ft. Knox, Kentucky

Overseas Duty: 

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    - 9 April 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

        - Camp O'Donnell

        - Cabanatuan #1

Died: 25 July 1942 - dysentery & malaria

Buried: American Military Cemetery - Manila

 

 

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