Rank and Name,Sergeant David Advincula.

Unit/Placed in,12th Military Police Company, Philippine Scouts.

POW

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

The 12thMilitary Police Company resorted to fighting together among American and Filipino forces when compelled to surrender on 9 Apr 1942.

Sergeant David Avincula became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March.

David is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Siblings, No Record Available.

David enlisted the U.S.Army in Philippines with service number # R-321759.

David died as a POW on Dec. 31, 1944, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

David 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/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/