World War II Honoree

Kenneth E. Davis

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Carlsbad, New Mexico

Honored By

Orville L. Kline

Rank-Sergeant. A member of the New Mexico Army National Guard, who was inducted into Federal Service January 6, 1941 at Carlsbad, New Mexico. Deployed to the Philippine Islands and served with Fox Battery, an element of the 200th Coastal Artillery Anti-Aircraft Regiment, the Harbor Defense of Manila and Subic Bays. While assigned to a Provisional Infantry Company, he participated in the Philippine Islands Campaign (Battle Dates: December 8, 1941-May 6, 1942), the conquest of the Philippine Islands by the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy Forces. The enemy captured him on Luzon, April 9, 1942 in the Battle of Bataan, while his unit was in retreat to the Bataan Peninsula. His captors subjected him to participate in the Bataan Death March and held in captivity at the Prisoner of War Camp #1 Cabanatuan Nueva Province on Luzon for 124 days. On Friday, September 11, 1942, he died of unknown causes and buried in a Japanese Prisoner of War Cemetery on Luzon. His remains were transferred to the American Cemetery located at Fort Bonifacio in Manila, after the cessation of hostilities with Japan. This Soldier, an American Patriot, so gallantly gave his life for his Country. His name is engraved on one of the twelve granite columns At the Bataan Memorial Park in Albuquerque, New Mexico.