Born: 1 May 1917 - Toivola Township, Minnesota                          Parents: Antti A. Taipale & Erika Stenbacka-Taipale                              - Finnish Immigrants                              - mother died in 1929                          Siblings: 5 sisters, 2 brothers                          Hometown: Proctor, Minnesota                          Residence: Dane County, Wisconsin                              - living with sister and brother-in-law                           Employment: Oscar Meyer Company - Madison, Wisconsin                          Inducted:                              - U. S. Army                              - 24 January 41 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin                          Training:                              - Fort Knox, Kentucky                              - Camp Polk, Louisiana                              - 192nd Tank Battalion took part in Louisiana maneuvers of 1941                          Overseas Duty:                              - Ft. Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands                          Engagements:                              - Battle of Luzon                                  - 8 December 1941 - 6 January 1942                              - Battle of Bataan                              - 7 January 1942 - 9 April 1942                          Prisoner of War:                              - 9 April 1942                                  - Death March                                  - Mariveles - POWs start march at southern tip of Bataan                                  - POWs ran past Japanese artillery firing at Corregidor                                  - Americans on Corregidor returned fire                                  - San Fernando - POWs put into small wooden boxcars                                      - each boxcar could hold 40 men                                  - 100 POWs packed into each car                                  - POWs who died remained standing                                  - Capas dead fell to floor of cars as living exited                                  - POWs walked the last ten miles to Camp O'Donnell                          POW Camps:                              - Camp O'Donnell                                 - unfinished Filipino training base                                 - Japanese put camp into use as POW camp                                 - only one water spigot for entire camp                                 - as many as 50 POWs died each day                                 - Japanese opened Cabanatuan in attempt to lower death rate                                   among POWs                                 - Japanese opened new POW camp in an attempt to lower death                                   rate                             - Cabanatuan                         Died:                             - 10 November 1942 - dysentery & berberi                             - Approximate time of death - 4:00 PM                                 - parents learned of his death in August 1943                         Buried:                             - Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery                         Reburied:                             - 1949 - Toivla Cemetery - Saint Louis County, Minnesota