Rank and Name, Coporal Osmundo M. Abapo.

Unit/Placed in on, 14^th Engineer Regiment, Philippine Scout.

Bataan Death March

(April 9, 1942)

Osmundo M. Abapo became a POW an walked (60 miles) the Bataan Death March (70.000 pow), Many walked this march and many died (aprox.600, lack of nutrition and water) to Prison Camps, and was send to Camp O’Donell and, became part of a work detail.

Osmundo is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Osmundo enlisted the U.S.Army in the Philippines with serial # 6866317.

Osmundo died as a POW in Camp. O ‘Donnell on May 19, 1942, Corporal Abapo is honored with a  POW Medal  and the WWII Victory Medal.

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

Walls 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