Rank and Name, Private First Class William Durwood Land.

Unit/Placed in, 129^th Infantry Regiment, 37^th Infantry Division “Buckeye”.

William is born approx. 1922 in Rockingham County, North Carolina.

Father, Jesse G. Land.

William enlisted the service in North Carolina with service number # 34592310.

William was KIA when entering Manila ambushed by a small Company of Japanese soldiers on Feb 1, 1945, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantry Badge, Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to https://www.armydivs.com/37th-infantry-division/ Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC, https://abmc.gov

P.O.W. info, Wes Injerd and Dwight Rider, http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html  AirForce info, Rolland Swank. Navy Log, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org

Philippine Scouts Heritage Society,http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/   

Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org    

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