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Subject: Palawan Roster Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:15 AM Here is the Palawan roster that I have compiled. There are many rosters around. I have compiled all that I can find and cross-checked all of them with information from the National Archives. There are still some unknowns - I think that some will always be unknown. Feel free to share this with anyone interested. It would appear that we can take Herbert Baker off the unknown list. There is strong evidence that he was one of the victims. Thanks. Let me know what else I can do. Lorna Nielsen Murray, murrayfam@utah-inter.net SURVIVORS OF THE PALAWAN MASSACRE: Balchus, William J. - I Btry, 60th CA Regt. (AA) Barta, Fern Joseph - U.S. Navy Bogue, Douglas W. - A Co, 1st Bn, 4th Marine Regt. Daniels, Tommy T. "Pops" - Army Air Corps Deal, Elmo V. - A Btry, 59th CA Regt. Koblos, Ernest J. - C Btry, 59th CA Regt. Mc Dole, Glen - M Co, 1st Bn, 4th Marine Regt. Nielsen, Eugene - B Btry, 59th CA Regt. Pacheco, Alberto D. - Hq. Btry, 200th CA Regt (AA) Petry, Edwin A. - 7th Matl. Sqdn, 19th Bomb. Gp. (H) Smith, Rufus W. "Smitty" - L Co, 3rd Bn, 4th Marine Regt.
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; brothers 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
This list of eight men is those whose documentary evidence 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. END of PALAWAN ROSTER |