Cabanatuan Grave 515 - PFC John H. Rimmer Case

PFC Richard D. Thomas

PFC Richard D. Thomas

91st Bomb Squadron - His remains were identified after the war and sent home for burial. Case should show "Resolved" from the DPAA, but with the Government 60% FRS policy, he will be included in their request for FRS. Family may think we have the incorrect person based on the Date of Death that they have for him. Their date of death was when they received notice in 1943 from the War Department that he died in the prison camp and not his actual date of death.

PVT Robert L. Miller - 194th Tank Battalion

Private Robert L. Miller joined the U.S. Army from California and served with the 194th Tank Battalion in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender on April 9, 1942, and died of malaria, dysentery, and malnutrition on October 8, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private Miller is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Memorial in the Philippines. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Active Pursuit. https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000MeRB6EAN&fbclid=IwAR1UjBM_UtIM_LIlzw2-qy5YycY9aG7ygD2cD_xdn6q1Hr7ZNKwzEmnGg2U

S/SGT Marion L. Malpass - 3rd Pursuit Squadron

Staff Sergeant Marion L. Malpass, who entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from North Carolina, served with the 34th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group in the Philippines during World War II. The 34th was stationed at Del Carmen Field on Luzon Island when the Japanese attacked U.S. military bases in the Pacific in December 1941. After the Japanese destroyed the unit's aircraft on the ground at Del Carmen, the men of the 34th served as infantry during the Battle of Bataan. When U.S. troops in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1941, they were forced on the Bataan Death March. They went first to Camp O'Donnell in Tarlac Province and from there to the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija, where SSG Malpass died of  dysentery on October 7, 1942. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Staff Sergeant Malpass is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.

Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Active Pursuit. https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000LlfjEAC&fbclid=IwAR2gbkkwHMxt7R5XBFGcJ7D1vYfawMTh5-M29qZZFPcbFtbpZ_vlf2UILiM

PVT Marion B. Smoot - 454th Ordnance Company

Private Marion B. Smoot joined the U.S. Army Air Forces from Georgia and served with the 454th Ordnance Company in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender on April 9, 1942, and died of malnutrition, malaria, and dysentery on October 7, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private Smoot is memorialized on the Courts of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Active Pursuit. https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt000000MW4rmEAD&fbclid=IwAR3dEpbTzCsYe0M4Ln7OVbtcmiJfAOw9yOZLSuVpnyApR4oKyrVFg-qSH0s

PVT Dewey W. Burns - 803rd Engineer Battalion

Private Dewey W. Burns joined the U.S. Army in Texas and served with the 803rd Engineers Battalion in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured in Bataan following the American surrender and died of dysentery on October 7, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war. Today, Private Burns is memorialized on the Walls of the Missing at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines. Based on all information available, DPAA assessed the individual's case to be in the analytical category of Active Pursuit. https://dpaa.secure.force.com/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XhvcEAC&fbclid=IwAR1RkPZ-1aTe3TKRlHIHr2nsvioOT8JsdOGcldi5P9mV6MH-bZas9mHZQ5E