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Casualty Info
Home Town Wynne
Last Address Ypsilanti, Michigan
Casualty Date Apr 22, 1945
Cause KIA-Died of Wounds
Reason Multiple Fragmentation Wounds
Location Philippines
Conflict Combat and Noncombat Operations
Location of Interment Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines
Luzon Campaign (1944-45)/Battle for Recapture of Bataan
From Month/Year
January / 1945
To Month/Year
February / 1945
Description The Battle for the Recapture of Bataan from 31 January to 21 February 1945, by US forces and Allied Filipino guerrillas from the Japanese, part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines, was waged to secure the western shore of Manila Bay to enable the use of its harbor and open new supply lines for American troops engaged in the crucial battle for the liberation of Manila.
The Bataan peninsula's recapture also avenged the surrender of the defunct United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) to invading Japanese forces in 9 April 1942.
