Pvt. Gerald P. Shapley

Parents: Marion & Dorothy Shapley

Siblings: 1 sister, 1 brother

Hometown: Seattle, Washington

Enlisted: Washington National Guard

Inducted:

    - U. S. Army

        - 16 September 1940 - Seattle, Washington

Training: 

    - Fort Lewis, Washington

Units: 

    - 194th Tank Battalion

Overseas Duty: 

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    - 9 April 1942

POW Camps:

    - Philippine Islands:

        - 1st General Hospital - Little Baguio

Died:

    - 16 May 1942 - dysentery & cerebral malaria

Buried:

    - American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands

        - Plot: D   Row:  13   Grave:  17

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