Croom, Clifton Arthur, CPT

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Last Rank
Captain
Last Service Branch
Infantry
Last Primary MOS
1542-Infantry Unit Commander
Last MOS Group
Infantry
Primary Unit
1942-1944, 1542, POW/MIA
Service Years
1940 - 1944
Infantry
Captain
One Service Stripe
Six Overseas Service Bars

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Home State
North Carolina
North Carolina
 Year of Birth
1912
 
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Casualty Info
Home Town
Bladen County
Casualty Date
Oct 24, 1944		  
Cause
MIA-Died in Captivity		 Reason
Artillery, Rocket, Mortar
Location
South China Sea		 Conflict
WWII - Asiatic-Pacific Theater

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   1940-1944, 1542, 45th Infantry Regiment (PS) , Philippine Division

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 45th Infantry Regiment (PS) , Philippine Division Details

45th Infantry Regiment (PS) , Philippine Division 		The 45th Infantry Regiment was a unit of the Philippine Scouts in the Philippine Division. The 45th along with the 57th Infantry Regiment were the first two infantry regiments of the Philippine Scouts which were formed after World War I. They were most well known for their participation in the Battle of the Philippines (1941-42) during World War II and their eventual surrender to Japanese forces on April 10, 1942.
Type
Light Infantry 		 
Parent Unit
Philippine Division 		Strength
Regiment
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SF Cooper, Mark E, MAJ 47
   

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45th Infantry Regiment (PS)
Bianchi, Willibald Charles, 1LT, (1940-1945) IN 1542 First Lieutenant
Panlilio, Valeria, COL, (1942-1945) MI 9307 Colonel
Ayson, Luciano, M/SGT, (1941-1942) IN 11B40 Master Sergeant
Aguillon, Guadalupe, SGT, (1940-1942) IN 745 Sergeant
Catalino, Blen, SGT, (1940-1942) IN 604 Sergeant
Bigay, Gabriel, Cpl, (1941-1942) IN 745 Corporal
Ando, Exequiel, PFC, (1941-1942) IN 745 Private First Class
Taguba, Thomas B., SFC, (1942-1962) TC 931 Private
Adorador, Roberto, SGT, (1939-1942) IN Sergeant
24th Field Artillery Regiment (PS)
Scott, Winfield Wayne, LTC, (1924-1942) FA 1193 Lieutenant Colonel
Thompson, Arthur, 1LT, (1943-1945) CAC 1102 First Lieutenant
Brown, Dean Herbert, T/3, (1941-1946) UN 00E Private First Class
Abriam, Aquilino, PVT, (1941-1942) FA 844 Private
Alava, Bonifacio, PVT, (1941-1942) FA 844 Private
Alcantara, Romualdo B., PVT, (1941-1942) FA 844 Private
Alzona, Emiliano Y., PVT, (1941-1942) FA 844 Private
Balloallo, Esmael, PVT, (1941-1942) FA 864 Private
Barroga, Severo, PFC, (1941-1942) FA Private First Class
Baculi, Gervacio, SGT, (1940-1942) Sergeant
Binghay, Dionisio M, SGT, (1939-1942) Sergeant
2nd Filipino Unit
Neiger, John Joseph, MAJ, (1935-1944) Captain
57th Infantry (PS)
Lilly, Jr., Edmund, COL, (1917-1953) IN 1542 Colonel
Ivy, James Morrow, LTC, (1928-1942) IN 1542 Major
Anderson, William, CPT, (1940-1945) IN 1542 Captain
Yarborough, William Pelham, LTG, (1936-1971) IN 1542 Second Lieutenant
Arcamo, Celedonio, T/SGT, (1940-1942) IN 745 Technical Sergeant
Narciso, Ortilano, MSG, (1940-1967) AG 55 Technician Fourth Grade
Algoso, Luis, Cpl, (1941-1942) IN 745 Corporal
Belisario, Manioang, Cpl, (1940-1942) IN 745 Corporal
Asence, Jose R., PFC, (1940-1942) IN 745 Private First Class
Albay, Sixto F., PVT, (1941-1942) IN 745 Private
Johnson, Harold Keith, GEN, (1933-1968) IN Major
Wermuth, Arthur William, Jr., MAJ, (1936-1946) IN Captain
Ord, James Garesche, MG, (1909-1946) Colonel
Scecina, Thomas Joseph, CPT, (1940-1944) Captain
Nininger, Alexander Ramsey, 1LT, (1937-1942) First Lieutenant
Troutman, William Cress Robert, 2LT, (1937-1944) Second Lieutenant
Bartolabac, Florentino, PFC, (1939-1942) Private First Class
Bascon, Santos A., PFC, (1940-1942) Private First Class
Philippine Division
Volckmann, Russell, BG, (1934-1960) IN 1542 Lieutenant Colonel
Moffitt, Lloyd, MAJ, (1933-1944) IN 1542 Major
Breitling, George Thaddeus, CPT, (1939-1945) IN 1542 Captain
Baker, Charles, 2LT, (1941-1942) IN 1542 Second Lieutenant
Lough, Maxon, BG, (1911-1946) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Parker, George, MG, (1910-1946) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Selleck, Clyde, BG, (1910-1947) USA 0002 Brigadier General
Littlejohn, Robert, MG, (1912-1946) QM 4010 Lieutenant Colonel
Olivares, Jose Emelio, COL, (1919-1953) FA 1193 Major
Pearson, Paul, CPT, (1941-1945) QM 4010 Captain
Seale, Beresford Oscar, 1ST SGT, (1910-1945) IN 745 First Sergeant
Thompson, Ross, T/SGT, (1938-1942) FI 624 Technical Sergeant
Bernard, Manuel Joseph, S/SGT, (1939-1942) AR 795 Staff Sergeant
Bowen, Elmer T., S/SGT, (1930-1942) IN 604 Staff Sergeant
Armstrong, James, SGT, (1940-1942) IN 745 Sergeant
Austria, Florencio, SGT, (1941-1942) FA 844 Sergeant
Baca, Raymond F., SGT, (1940-1942) CAC 608 Sergeant
Barlosky, Leo J., Cpl, (1936-1943) CM 979 Sergeant
Catalino, Blen, SGT, (1940-1942) IN 604 Sergeant
Phillips, John Vincent, SGT, (1940-1942) SC 740 Sergeant

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