Pvt. Campbell King Sadler


Born: 26 August 1916 - Garrard County, Kentucky

Home: Garrard County, Kentucky

Parents: James Elmore & Mattie Anderson-Sadler

Brother: Sgt. John Sadler

Enlisted: Kentucky National Guard

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army

        - 25 November 1940 - Harrodsburg, Kentucky

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: 

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

    - Corregidor

        - Anti-aircraft gun                   

Prisoner of War: 6 May 1942

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

        - Bilibid Prison

        - Cabanatuan

        - Bilibid Prison

    - Japan: 

         - Fukuoka #8

Hell Ship: 

    - Noto Maru

         - Sailed: Manila - 27 August 1944

            Note: Ship stopped Takao and Keelung, Formosa

         - Arrived: Moji - 4 September 1944

Liberated: September 1945

Military Career: Served in Korea

Married: Agnes Fehrn

Children: 1 daughter, 1 son

Residence: Columbus, Georgia

    - lived there from 1960 to death

Died: 12 October 1972 - Muskogee County, Georgia

Buried:

    - Fort Benning Post Cemetery - Muskogee County, Georgia

        - Section:  A   Site: 586 


 

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