World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
Carl H. Hiner
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Warren, Indiana
Honored By
Orville L. Kline
Rank: Technician Fourth Class. Inducted into the United States Army January 9, 1941 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Following his basic and advanced infantry training, he was deployed to the Philippine Islands. He served with the Seventieth Ordnance Company (Armored), a subordinate unit of the Provisional Tank Group, and based on Luzon, Island. His unit participated in the Battle of the Philippines, the conquest of the Philippine Islands by the Imperial Japanese Army Forces (Battle Dates: December 8, 1941-May 6, 1942). While retreating to the Bataan Peninsula, he was captured on 9 April during the ensuing Battle of Bataan. His captors subjected him to participate in the Bataan Death March, detained at the Prisoner of War Camp #1 Cabanatuan, Luzon Island. Reported missing in action or buried at sea Monday, June 22, 1942. In remembrance of the brave, his name is permanently inscribed in the tablets of the missing, memorialized at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Location: Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippine Islands. This American Patriot was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously, for his Heroism and ultimate sacrifice.