Tec 5 Claude N. Moreland


Born:  1908 - Spartanburg, South Carolina

Mother: John Moreland & Margaret Tinsley-Moreland

Married: Louvina Jones - 17 May 1928 - Greenville, South Carolina

Children: 1 daughter

Hometown: Janesville, Wisconsin

    - moved to Janesville in 1930s

Enlisted:  Wisconsin National Guard

Inducted:  

    - U. S. Army

         - November 25, 1940 - Janesville, Wisconsin

Training:  

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:  

    - Fort Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands

Engagements:

    - Battle of Luzon  

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:  

    - April 9, 1942

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands:  

        - Camp O'Donnell

Died:  

     1 May 1942 - dysentery & malnutrition

Buried: 

    American Military Cemetery, Manila, Philippine Islands


 

 

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