Name:
John E Austin
Rank:
Staff Sergeant
Serial Number:
R1013060
Unit:
31st Infantry Regiment
Date of Death:
1945-01-30
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
British War Cem., Yokohama, Japan (CWGC)
Plot:
AA-COM
Row:
G-URN
Grave:
2
Decoration:
Bronze Star
Comments:
Died as a prisoner of war.
From Find a grave:
He was in the Bataan Death March and was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. He survived the sinking of the Oryoku Maru on December 15, 1944, in Subic Bay, Philippine Islands. and the Enoura Maru on January 9, 1945, at Takao, Formosa. He made it to the Japan on the Brazil Maru.
Inscription:
SSGT, 31 INF REGT WORLD WAR II