Pfc. James W. Gillespie


Born: 1916 - Dayton, Ohio

Home: Hamilton County, Ohio

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 25 March 1941 - Ft. Thomas - Newport, Kentucky

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

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: 24 September 1942 - dysentery 

Burial: American Military Cemetery at Manila


 

 

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