Rank and Name, Sergeant Dionisio Afuang.

Unit/Placed in, 88^th Field Artillery Regiment, Philippine Scout.

POW

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

The 88th resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

Sergeant Dionisio Afuang became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.

Dionisio is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Dionisio enlisted the U.S.Army in the Philippines with service number # 10304876.

Dionisio died as a POW on May 13, 1942, he is honored with a POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Dionisio 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