Abijiro, Wenceslao
Rank and Name, Private Wenceslao Abijiro.
Unit/Placed in on, 57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts.
Wenceslao is born in the Philippines.
Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.
Wenceslao enlisted the service in the Philippines with service number # 10302634.
Wenceslao was KIA in the Battle for Bataan defending Philippine soil against the Japanese Occupation on Sep. 17, 1942,Private Wenceslao Abijiro is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.
Wenceslao 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