Rank and Name,Private First Class Hermogenes Ainza.

Unit/Placed in,45th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts.

POW

The Imperial Japanese began their Invasion in the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941.

The 47^th Infantry Regiment resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

Private First Class Ainza became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.

Hermogenes is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Hermogenes enlisted the U.S.Army in Philippines with service number # 6735050.

Hermogenes died as a POW on May 25, 1942  is honored with a POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Hermogenes is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/ Hendriks  https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org