Lt. Charles M. Cannon, Jr. - Evergreen Cemetery - Gainesville, FL
N 29° 37.705 W 082° 18.912
17R E 372676 N 3278334
During WWII, Lt. Charles M. Cannon, Jr. was stationed in the Philippines where he was taken as a prisoner of war. His grave is located in the Evergreen Cemetery in Gainesville, Florida, USA.
Waymark Code: WMR1M5
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2016
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His headstone inscription reads:
In Memory of
Lt. Charles M. Cannon, Jr.
Feb. 17, 1918
Died at Osaka, Japan
Jan. 12, 1943
In Defense of Liberty
"Lt. Charles M. Cannon with the 27th Bombardment Group was taken prisoner during the defense of the Philippines in the first months after Pearl Harbor. He later died at the infamous Ichioka Prison Hospital near Osaka, Japan in 1943."
--Evergreen Cemetery
"LT. CHARLES M. CANNON, JR., Florida, '39, Air Corps, died in a Japanese prison camp."
--The Rattle of Theta Chi