Pvt. Edward F. Plodzien

Parents: Martin & Agnes Plodzien

Hometown: 1320 West Julian Street, Chicago, Illinois

Siblings: Two sisters

Enlisted: Illinois 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

Prisoner of War: 9 April 1942

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands: 

                Camp O'Donnell

                Cabanatuan

                Las Pinas September 1943- 22 September 1944

                     Work: built runways

    Japan: 

                Fukuoka #8

Liberated: September 1945

Died: September 25, 1966

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