Rank and Name, Private Jose M. Aban.

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

POW

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

The 12^th Quartermaster Regiment resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

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

Jose is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Jose enlisted the U.S.Army in Philippines with service number # 10302999.

Jose died as a POW in Camp. No Record on June 6, 1942, Private Jose M. Aban is honored with a POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Jose 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