Cpl. Edward Patrick Serpell

Parents: Jane & John Serpell

Sibling: 1 brother

Home: Jefferson County - Kentucky

Inducted: U. S. Army - 6 March 1941 - Louisville

Training: 

    Fort Knox, Kentucky

    Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty: 

     Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

     Northern Luzon

     Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    9 April 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    Philippine Islands: 

        Camp O'Donnell

        Cabanatuan

    Japan: 

        Hirohata #12-B

            Slave Labor: Seitetsu Steel Mills

                Work: laborers, stevedores

Hell Ship:

    Taga Maru

Sailed:

   Manila - 20 September 1943

        Note: Ship stopped at Takao, Formosa

Arrived:

   Moji, Japan - 5 October 1943

Liberated: September 1945

Died: 14 November 1985

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