Name:
Frank Eugene Fries
Rank:
Major
Serial Number:
0-017519
Unit:
803rd Engineer Battalion (Aviation)
Date of Death:
1945-01-30
State:
New Mexico
Cemetery:
British War Cem., Yokohama, Japan (CWGC)
Plot:
AA-COM
Row:
G-URN
Grave:
2
Decoration:
Legion of Merit
Comments:
Died as a prisoner of war.
From Find a Grave:
Born 1906; Maj Frank Fries,Commander of the 803rd Engr Avn Bn,stationed at Ft Stotsenberg (Clark Field),Luzon,Philippines.Prisoner of war 9 Apr 1942.Survived the Battan death march and prison camps.Moved to Japan on the "Hell ship",Oryoku Maru Dec 1944.Died at camp 4BF,(Mochi)Yokohama 30 Jan 1945.Body cremated.(Re: "POW Research Network Japan", website).(Re: NARA POW data file).