Palawan Massacre Roster
This information is posted courtsey of

Lorna Neilson Murray
Email: murrayfam@utah-inter.net



VICTIMS OF THE PALAWAN MASSACRE:

    "This list is the culmination to date of exhaustive research done with documents from the National Archives.   It appears that a final resolution of all victims was never made.   The survivors of the massacre provided invaluable information to the fullest extent possible.   It is known that Japanese captors murdered 139 prisoners of war on Dec. 14, 1944 in the city of Puerta Princessa on the island of Palawan.

    The first list is the name, rank (where possible), branch of service, and hometown (where possible) of 133 victims.   The documentary evidence for these men is overwhelming.   The second list of eight men are those where the evidence is contradictory.   As late as 1952, attempts were being made to account for all the victims.


    NAME, RANK, BRANCH OF SERVICE, HOMETOWN

    ADAMS, Jewett Franklin; T/Sgt.; USMC; Canton, Georgia

    ADKINS, Robert Arthur; Cpl.; USMC; Enterprise, Oregon

    ANDERSON, Robert Sterling; Pvt.; Army; Harper, Washington

    ARAUJO, Henry H.; Sgt.; Army; Denver, Colorado

    ARISPE, Heraclio; Pfc.; Army; Corpus Christi, Texas

    BAILEY, Homer R.; Pfc.; Army; Ardmore, Oklahoma

    BANCROFT, Everett Richard; Pfc.; Army; Canon City, Colorado

    BARNES, Carl Ellis; WT 2c; Navy; Bakersfield, California

    BARNES, Darrell Leroy; AOM 3c; Navy; Bayonne, New Jersey

    BARTLE, Charles Warren; Sgt.; Army; Coffeyville, Kansas

    BEASON, Benjamin Franklin; T/Sgt.; Army; Canyon, Texas

    BLACKBURN, Wilbur Burdett; TM 2c; Navy; Wichita, Kansas

    BOUCHEY, Mason J.; Pvt.; Army; Saginaw, Michigan

    BROWN, William Theodore; Pfc.; Army; Antioch, California

    BRUNI, Fred Tobias; Capt.: Army; Janesville, Wisconsin

    BUCHANAN, Vernon Edward; MM 3c; Navy; Turner, Kansas

    BURNETT, Douglas; Cpl.; Army; LeGrande, Oregon

    CALDWELL, Sammy Lee; Pfc.; USMC; San Angelo, Texas

    CARTER, Casey; Pvt.; Army; Paris, Texas

    CHILDERS, Roy R.; Pvt.; Army; New Berlin, Illinois

    CHOATE, James Louis; Pvt.; Army; Madisonville, Kentucky

    COOK, Harry; Aerog 1c; Navy; Detroit, Michigan

    CRANDELL, Earl Jesse; Pvt.; Army; Scipio, Oklahoma

    CRAVENS, William Thomas; Pvt.; Army; Port Royal, Kentucky

    CULLINS, Franklin Ashley; Pvt.; Army; Black Oak, Arkansas

    CZAJKOWSKI, John; Pfc.; Army; Nichols, Wisconsin

    DIAZ, John F.: Pfc.; Army; Osage, Iowa

    DUTTON, Glen Albert; Pfc.; Army; Reno, Nevada

    ELIX, Clayton Emmett; Pfc.; Army; Pueblo, Colorado

    EVANS, Erving August; Cpl.; Army; Huron, South Dakota

    EYRE, George Robert; Pfc.; Army; Marion, Ohio

    FLETCHER, Houston Everett; Pfc.; Army; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    FRYAR, William Ferson; Pfc.; USMC; Apollo, Pennsylvania

    GEE, Jessie Roy; Cpl.; Army; Yuba City, California

    GIUFFREDA, Mike Paul; Pvt.; Army; San Jose, California

    GILLESPIE, Bill Edmond; S1c; Navy; Dallas, Texas

    GLACKEN, Joseph Charles, Jr.; Pfc.; USMC; St. Louis, Missouri

    GLOVER, Sammy; Pfc.; Army; Daisetta, Texas

    GOODYKOONTZ, Richard Eugene; Pvt.; Army; Marion, Indiana

    GRAHNERT, James Dewey; Cpl.; USMC; Vancouver, Washington or Rapid City, South Dakota

    HALE, Waldo Stedem; S1c; Navy; Saybrook, Illinois

    HAMMOCK, William Lester, Jr.; Sgt.; USMC; Boyle, Mississippi

    HAMRIC, Dane Hampton; Cpl.; Army; Widen, West Virginia

    HANSEN, Kenneth Russell; Pfc.; USMC; Morro Bay, California

    HARBIN, Lenton Roger; S/Sgt.; Army; West Palm Beach, Florida

    HARRIS, John Solomon; TM2c; Navy; Monticello, Georgia

    HAWKINS, Douglas Forrest; Pvt.; Army; Coeburn, Virginia

    HENDERSON, Clifford Marlin; Pfc.; USMC; Levi, West Virginia

    HENDERSON, Joseph Patrick; Pvt.; Army; Los Angeles, California

    HICKS, Roy Joseph; S/Sgt.; Army; Crestview, Florida

    HINCKLE, Miner Columbus; Pvt.; Army; Ada, Oklahoma

    HUBBARD, Hugh Boyd; Pvt.; Army; Yarnell, Arizona

    HUBBARD, Robert Lee; Cpl.; Army; Yarnell, Arizona
    Note: The previous two men are brothers.

    HUGHES, John F., Jr.; PlSgt.; USMC; Waynesboro, Virginia

    HUSTON, Tom Virgil; Pvt.; Army; Modesto, California

    HUTCHINSON, Fred Wallace; Pfc.; Army; Los Angeles, California

    JACOBSON, Charles Donald; Pfc.; Army; Denver, Colorado

    JOHNSON, Aubrey Peyton; Pfc.; USMC; Winnsboro, Louisiana

    JOYNER, Earl Esell; Pfc.; USMC; Goshen Springs, Mississippi

    KAZLAUSKAS, Joseph Richard; Pvt.; Army; Lowell, Massachusetts

    KERNES, Richard Wilfred; Pfc.; USMC; Woodward, Iowa

    KING, Harold Wayne; Pvt.; Army; Great Bend, Kansas

    KNIGHT, Henry Carlisle; Lt. Cdr.; Navy; Portland, Oregon (?)

    KOERNER, Richard Aloysis; S/Sgt.; Army; Ellis, Kansas

    KOZUCH, Stephen Thaddeus; Pfc.; USMC; Chicago, Illinois

    LAMOUNTAIN, Arthur Lawrence; S1c; Navy; Mineral Falls, Massachusetts

    LAMPSHIRE, Leo Nick; Sgt.; Army; Lansdown, Pennsylvania

    LEWIS, Kenneth Leaman; Pfc.; Army; Taunton, Massachusetts

    LINDSAY, Forest Edison; Pfc.; Army; Vale, North Carolina

    LINDSEY, Kenneth Clyde; Pfc.; USMC; Gillette, Wyoming

    LYONS, John Aloysis; Pvt.; Army; Staples, Minnesota

    MCANANY, Richard Emmett;Tech.4; Army; Conemaugh, Pennsylvania

    MCELVEEN, William Muton; Pvt.; Army; New Orleans, Louisiana

    MCNALLY, Theodore; CMM(AA); Navy; Kansas City, Missouri

    MANGO, Carl Louis; 1st Lt. (MD); Army; Erie, Pennsylvania

    MANZI, George Vincente; S/Sgt.; Army; Bridgeport, Connecticut

    MARTYN, Donald Joseph; Pfc.; USMC; New York, New York

    MASCARENAS, Jose E.T.; Pvt.; Army; Penasco, Taos, New Mexico

    MILLION, Joe Baxter; S/Sgt.; Army; Harrodsburg, Kentucky

    MOFFATT, Fred Vincent; Pvt.; Army; Moline, Illinois

    MOORE, Roger Garland; Sgt.; Army; Monroe, Louisiana

    MORRIS, E.C.; Pfc.; USMC; Jacksboro, Texas

    MORRIS, Orland Otis; Cpl.; USMC; Boise, Idaho

    NEWELL, Frank Robert; Pvt.; Army; North Tonawanda, New York

    NOEL, Harry; Pvt.; Army; Chicago, Illinois

    NOVAK, Ernest Julian; Pvt.; Army; Watsonville, California

    OTERO, Trinidad Fidel; Pvt.; Army; Wilard, New Mexico

    PITTS, James A.; Pfc.; Army; Winter Garden, Florida

    PRICE, Dillard; Pfc.; USMC; Magnolia, Arkansas

    RANKIN, Homer Franklin; Cpl.; Army; Freeport, Kansas

    RAY, Daniel Woodrow; Pfc.; USMC; Travis County, Texas

    RECTOR, Vernon William; Pfc.; Army; Phoenix, Arizona

    RIGAS, Peter Tom (born in Greece); Pfc.; USMC; Chicago, Illinois

    RHOADES, Arthur Wayne; Pvt.; Army; Fort Wayne, Indiana

    ROE, James Howard; S1c; Navy; Strand, Oklahoma

    RUDD, James Rollie; Pvt.; Army; Cutuno, Kentucky

    SAIZ, Santiago Sannedra; Pvt.; Army; Peralta, New Mexico

    SANCHEZ, John; Pfc.; Army; Kansas City, Missouri

    SCALLY, Henry Fredrick; 1/Sgt.; Army; Silver City, New Mexico

    SCHUBERT, Charles Augustus; T/Sgt.; Army; Albuquerque, New Mexico

    SCHULTZ, Edward Joseph; Cpl.; USMC; Brighton, Wisconsin

    SEAGRAVES, Raymond Lewis; Pfc.; USMC; Little Elm. Texas

    SIERRA, Gabriel Jr.; Pvt.; Army; Randsburg, California

    SIMPSON, Jesse Herschel; Pfc.; USMC; Dunning, Nebraska

    SIRFUS, Charlie; Pfc.; Army; Des Moines, Iowa

    SKAGGS, Owen Neil; Pfc.; USMC; Holdenville, Oklahoma

    SKIDMORE, George McClelland; Pfc.; USMC; Pennington Gap, Virginia

    SMITH, Charles Carlyle; SM2c; Navy; Guntersville, Alabama

    SMITH, Julio Forest; MM2c; Navy; Indianapolis, Indiana

    SMITH, Kenneth Otto; Pfc.; Army; Hoisington, Kansas

    SPINDLER, Carrol Frank; Sgt.; Army; Edwardsville, Illinois

    STANLEY, Dervert Eugene; Pvt.; Army; Dallas, Texas

    STANLEY, John Marvin; Pvt.; Army; Lakeview, Texas

    STEVENSON, Robert Louis; Pvt.; Army; Muskegon, Michigan

    STIDHAM, James Houston; Sgt.; Army; Hardshell, Kentucky

    STREET, Charles Hiram; Cpl.; Army; Santa Cruz, California

    STUTTS, Harding Elwood; Pfc.; Army; Pinetta, Florida

    SWEANY, Leslie Irwin; Pfc.; Army; Hamilton, Missouri

    SWINNEY, Homer Everett; Pfc.; Army; Hawk Point, Missouri

    TEEL, Glen Eugene; Pfc.; Army; Columbus Junction, Iowa

    TERRY, Jolly E.; Pvt.; Army; Cache, Oklahoma

    THOMAS, Delbert Raymond; Pfc.; Army; Wellington, Kansas

    TURNER, Glenn C.; WO/JG; Navy; San Antonio, Texas

    UBALLE, Joseph John; S/Sgt.; Army; Boone, Iowa

    VITATOE, Ted Edgar; Pvt.; Army; Rockwood, Tennessee

    WADDELL, George McClelland; Pfc.; USMC; Versailles, Missouri

    WALKER, Carl M.; S/Sgt.; Army; Elizabeth City, North Carolina

    WALKER, George Murray; Cpl.; USMC; Columbia, South Carolina

    WARREN, John Otis; Pfc.; USMC; Dekalb, Mississippi

    WHITECOTTON, Horace; Pvt.; Army; Mesa, Arizona

    WILLIAMS, John Grant; Pfc.; USMC; Eldorado, Kansas

    WILLIAMS, Maurice Scott, Jr.; Sgt.; USMC; Omaha, Nebraska

    YEAST, Willard Rue; Pvt.; Army; Harrodsburg, Kentucky


    Documentary evidence of the following eight men is in some degree of doubt.
    Anyone who can lend further information about any of these men, please contact Lorna Nielsen Murray via E-mail:  murrayfam@utah-inter.net


    ARNOLDY, Arthur Anton; Cpl.; USMC; Tipton, Kansas
    This man's serial number belonged to BAKER, Herbert.   Baker's next of kin notified.

    BAKER, Herbert; Army
    No death certificate was issued to my knowledge but his name does appear on the headstone of the mass grave in St. Louis, MO.

    BAKER, John L.; Army
    A death certificate was found with the others, but a list from 1952 states that he was evacuated to the U. S. 12 Sept. 1945, then killed in an auto accident 3 Dec. 1945.

    MULLINS, Levi D. Jr.; Army
    This man appears on many lists but a letter written in 1948 states that he was returned to military control.

    RAY (or REA), Harry Francis; Army
    Same as Mullins

    SHALLEY (SEALLEY?), Charles Earl; Army
    This man appears on every list but there is no death certificate and his name is not on the headstone.   (Many names are not on the headstone because some of the families requested remains to be interred in family burial plots.)

    SNYDER, Cecil J.; Army
    I have not found a death certificate but his name is on the headstone and some of the lists.

    SNYDER, Robert Q.; Army
    Same as Mullins

    WILLIAMS, Bill; USMC
    There is some evidence that this is a nickname for one of the other Williams that is on the first list."


Palawan Roster Configured for ADBC Website
and Posted here on 29 March 2003