Rank and Name, Corporal Mike Alinell.

Unit/Placed in, Air Corps.

POW

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

Corporal Ainell became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp Cabanatuan, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.

Mike is born on May 13, 1908 in Piffard, New York.

Mother, Lucy Alinell.

Sister, Susie Alinell.

Brothers, Ruthbie and Tony Alinell.

Mike enlisted the service in New York with service number # 6785934.

Mike died as a POW on Nov. 18, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, POW Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.

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

Walls of the missing.

Thanks to http://www.lindavdahl.com/Front%20Pages/O’Donnell%20&%20Cabanatuan.htm

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/