Pvt. Martin W. McGrath


Born: 1916 - Salt Lake County, Utah

Parents: Amy & Martin McGrath

Siblings: 2 sisters

Home: Salt Lake City, Utah

Inducted: U. S. Army - 1941

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Units:

    - 753rd Tank Battalion

    - 192nd Tank Battalion

        *D Company - Attached to 194th Tank Battalion

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements:

    - Battle of Luzon 

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:

    - 9 April 1942

        - Death March

    Escaped:

        - last seen near Lubao 

        - fought as guerilla

Killed in Action:

    1 February 1946 - Declared Dead


 

 

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