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West Virginia Veterans Database Record Detail
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Item Details: |
Record Id:
3318 |
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War: |
WWII |
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Name: |
Howard
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Batson, Jr |
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Sex: |
M |
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Marion |
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Community: |
Mannington |
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Branch of Service: |
Army |
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Rank: |
Maj |
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Service Number: |
0-019405 |
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Date of Death: |
1945/01/28 |
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Place of Death: |
freighter - Brazil Maru |
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Cause of Death: |
POW |
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Place of Burial: |
at sea |
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Unit: |
29th Fl Art, 4th Div |
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Date of Birth: |
1910/04/13 |
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Father:
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Dr. Howard Batson |
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Mother: |
Anna G. Batson |
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Date Added to Memorial: |
Original |
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Source: |
WV Vet Mem Application; National Archives - World War II Prisoners of War (Record Group 389); "Americans Know Very Little About the Hell Ships of WWII" by Ruth E Jorgenson; Fairmont Times - "Batson Believed To Be In Japan" - 8/17/1945; Fairmont Times - death notice - 9/28/1945; Fairmont Times-West Virginian 1945/03/04 family received postcard; Fairmont Times 1945/10/15 |
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Notes: |
"Americans Know Very Little About the Hell Ships of WWII" by Ruth E Jorgenson mentions that the Brazil Maru arrived in Moji, Japan on 29 Jan 1945 with only 490 POW's of the original 1619 having survived The Enoura Maru was hit 9 Jan 1945, and the survivors were put on the Brazil Maru; The National Archives - WWII Prisoners of War Data File has Camp Moji (Hospital) Fukuoka #4, Kvushu Island as internment camp; He graduated from Mannington HS and graduated from West Point Academy in 1934; Sisters: Anna V, Pearlie M; Newspaper has his birth as 13 April 1910 but West Point has 12 Aug 1908
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