Nathaniel Minter Dial was born on March 21, 1911. He was the son of Nathaniel Barksdale Dial and Josephine Minter Dial. Lt. Dial was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship came under attack from American planes on December 14th. As evening approached, the attack was called off. The next day the planes returned and continued the attack. The ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which reached Takao, Formosa. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. Lt. Nathaniel M. Dial was killed during the attack on the ship. He is now buried in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

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