Pfc. Earl William Fowler

Born: 1 January 1917 - Washington County, Kentucky

Parents: Clifton & Myrtle Fowler

Siblings: 1 sister

Hometown: Willisburg, Kentucky

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 November 1940

Training: 

    Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    Northern Luzon

    Battle of Bataan

    Corregidor

Prisoner of War:

    6 May 1942

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands: 

        Cabanatuan 

        Bilibid Prison

    Manchuria: 

        Shenyang Sub-Camp

Hell Ship:

    Unknown

         Sailed: Manila

         Arrived: Pusan, Korea

              Note: Two day train trip to Mukden, Manchuria

Liberated: September 1945 - Russians

Died: 14 April 2007 - Burgin, Kentucky


 

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