Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
San Francisco, California
Honored By
Zosimo V. Guiang
DEFENDER OF BATAAN, PHILIPPINES. TAKEN PRISONER OF WAR BY JAPANESE IMPERIAL ARMY AT FALL OF BATAAN APRIL 9, 1942. 10 DAYS IN BATAAN DEATH MARCH. TAKEN TO PRISONER OF WAR CAMP, CAPAS, TARLAC, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. RELEASED FROM PRISONER OF WAR CAMP OCTOBER 8, 1942, JUST A SACK OF BONES. GOT HOME AT NATIVIDAD, PANGASINAN. JOINED THE 14TH INFANTRY U.S. ARMY FILIPINO GUERILLA NOVEMBER 2, 1942. FOUGHT JAPANESE ARMY JANUARY 1943 TO SEPTEMBER 1945. REPORTED MILITARY CENTER OCTOBER 13, 1945 AND ENLISTED U.S. ARMY. RETIRED U.S. ARMY MAY 1963.