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ISOB Billy H. Lay -59th Coast Artillery Regiment

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Details:

Plot IV. Row A. Coll Grave 9 11.

Isolated Burial

An inscribed Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) memorial headstone commemorates Billy H. Lay and Walter F. Cigoi, who are buried in a common grave; all died while as POWs at a POW Campin  Taiwan ( Formosa).

Source of photo: www.findagrave.com

Monument Text:

20600398 SERGEANT

W. F. CIGOI

UNITED STATES ARMY

3RD NOVEMBER 1942 AGE 26

DEEP IN OUR HEARTS

A MEMORY IS KEPT

OF ONE WE LOVED

AND WILL NEVER FORGET

 

15017092   PRIVATE

B. H. LAY

UNITED STATES ARMY

31ST OCTOBER 1942   AGE 21

Commemorates:

Units:

59th Coast Artillery Regiment

United States Army

Wars:

WWII

Battles:

Pacific Theater

Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)