Name:
Homer Harvey Uglow
Rank:
Major
Serial Number:
0-020708
Unit:
45th Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1945-01-29
State:
Nebraska
Cemetery:
British War Cem., Yokohama, Japan (CWGC)
Plot:
AA-COM
Row:
G-URN
Grave:
2
Decoration:
Silver Star, Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster
Comments:
Died as a prisoner of war.
From Find a Grave:
Commanded the 1st Battalion, 45th Infantry and earned a Silver Star for "conspicuous gallantry in action." Taken as a POW and survived Bataan Death March despite shrapnel injury to leg. Died being transported to Japan January, 1945, to be used as slave labor.
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Graduate United States Military Academy Class of 1937
Died as a POW on Japanese "Hell Ship"
Interred in Yokohama Cremation Memorial British Commonwealth Cemetery, Yokohama, Japan
Cenotaph:
Fairview Cemetery
Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska