Pvt. Edgar Peters

Inducted: 

    - U. S. Army 

        - 19 March 1941 - Houston

Nickname: Pete

Training: 

    - Fort Knox, Kentucky

    - Camp Polk, Louisiana

Units: 

    - 753rd Tank Battalion

    - 192nd Tank Battalion

Overseas Duty:

    - Philippine Islands

Engagements: 

    - Battle of Luzon

    - Battle of Bataan

Prisoner of War: 

    - 9 April 1942

        - Death March

POW Camps: 

    - Philippine Islands: 

        - Camp O'Donnell

            - Work Detail: bridge building detail

        - Cabanatuan

            - Work: - wood collection for kitchen

                        - garden

                        - carried rice for kitchen

Liberated: 31 December 1944 - Cabanatuan - U. S. Rangers

Married: Kathleen - 2 October 1946

                    - two children

Work: oil refinery construction

Died: 18 July 1995 - Bryan, Texas

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