Rank and Name,Technician Fifth Grade Thomas J. Azigian.

Unit/Placed in,803rd Engineer Battalion, Aviation..

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

The 803^rd Engineer Battalion resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

Tec5 Azigian became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp O ‘Donnell, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.

Thomas is born in 21 Dec. 1918 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Thomas enlisted the U.S.Army in Pennsylvania with service number # 33029653.

Thomas died as a POW on June 10, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Thomas 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