Rank and Name, Steward First Class Trinidad Andres.
Unit/Placed in, USS Quail (AM-15) Minesweeper.
Camp no record
The Imperial Japanese began their Invasion in the Philippines on 8 Dec 1941.
The USS was scuttled by the Japanese forces, before the crew were captured 9 Apr 1942.
Stm1c. Andres became a POW and was imprisoned at Pow Camp no record, he survived the Bataan Death March, but died shortly after it.
Trinidad is born in the Philippines.
Parents and Siblings no record available.
Trinidad enlisted the service in the Philippines with service number # 4205030.
Trinidad died as a POW in Camp no record on July 20, 1942, he is honored with a POW Medal, Good Conduct Medal, American Defense Medal, Army & Air Presidential Unit Citation, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, WW II Victory Medal.
Trinidad is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.
Walls of the missing.
Thanks to, http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/02015.htm
Jean Louis Vijgen, WW2-Pacific Website.
Air Force Info, Rolland Swank.
ABMC Website, https://abmc.gov
Navy Info, http://navylog.navymemorial.org
POW Info, http://www.mansell.com Dwight Rider and Wes injerd.
Family Info, https://www.familysearch.org
Marines Info, https://missingmarines.com/ Geoffrey Roecker
Info, https://www.pacificwrecks.com/
Medals Info, https://www.honorstates.org
Philippine Info, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/
Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com
