Rank and Name, Sergeant James P. Allen.

Unit/Placed in, 200^th Coast Artillery Regiment.

POW

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

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

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

James is born 1914 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Father, W. H. Allen.

Mother, Edwyne Allen.

Brother, Robert T. Allen.

James enlisted the service in New Mexico with service number # 38012596.

James died as a POW on, April 30, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.angelfire.com/nm/bcmfofnm/history/briefhistory.html 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/

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