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ISOB Charles Frances Uphoff

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Details:

Plot IV. Row A, Collective Grave 9 - 11

Isolated Burial

An inscribed Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone commemorates Charles F. Uphoff, who is buried in a common grave with two other soldiers; all died while as POWs at the Taiwan POW Camp No. 1 (Taihoku) in Formosa.

Source of photo: www.findagrave.com

Monument Text:

19003055 CORPORAL

H.I. MILLER

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES

3RD NOVEMBER 1942 AGE 28

 

7023405

TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE

F. F. STURGES

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES

6TH DECEMBER 1942 AGE 24

LOVED BY ALL

 

6833858 SERGEANT

C. F. UPHOFF

UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES

7TH NOVEMBER 1942 AGE 25

(Uphoffs name is partially obscured by vegetation.)

Commemorates:

Units:

United States Air Force

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Pacific Theater

Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)