Pvt. Edrow Ford Singletary


Born: 10 February 1918 - Cochise County, Arizona

Parents:  Clarence P. Singletary & Ada L. Banks-Singletary

Siblings: 2 sisters, 2 brothers

Home: Floyd County, Texas

Inducted:

    - 18 March 1941

        - Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Units:

    - 753rd Tank Battalion

    - 192nd Tank Battalion 

        - volunteered to replace a National Guardsman released from

           federal service 

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War:

    - 9 April 1942

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

        - Camp Olivas

Died: 22 May 1942 - malaria & dysentery

Buried:

    - American Military Cemetery - Manila, Philippine Islands 

        - Plot:  F   Row:  4  Grave: 1


 

 

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