Rank and Name, Sergeant Pedro Abogado.

Unit/Placed in on, Harbor Defense of Manila.

POW

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

The unit resorted to fighting as Infantry and was among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

Sergeant Abogado became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp. No record, He survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.

Pedro is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Pedro enlisted the U.S.Army in Philippines with service number # R-325668.

Pedro died as a POW in Camp. No Record on July 4, 1942, Sergeant Pedro Abogado is honored with a POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Pedro 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