Prisoner of War memorial - Caldwell, KS - Remembering FEPOW on Waymarking.com

County of Memorial: Sumner County
Location of Memorial: 25 S. Main St., @ Visitors Center, Caldwell
Memorial Erected by: The Border Queen Cruisers
Date Memorial Erected: Dedicated on the 15th Day of September 2000

Far East Prisoners Listed here:
Pvt. William H. Ethridge
Captured 9 April 1942
Died in Captivity 7 Sept 1944
William H. Ethridge was a Private First Class in the Army during World War II. William resided in Oklahoma before enlisting on April 3, 1941. At the time of enlistment, William was 26 years old, had a grammar school education and was single, without dependents. One year later, William was captured by Imperial Japan while serving in the Philippine Islands, and was sent to PW Camp #2 near Davao, Mindanao, Philippines where 540 other American POWs were held. William's capture was first reported to the International Committee of the Red Cross on May 7, 1942, and the last report was made on September 7, 1944. Based on these two reports, William was imprisoned for at least 854 days (2 years and ~5 months). The average duration of imprisonment was 363 days. William died in the sinking of the Shinyo Maru on September 7, 1944." ~ : Mooseroots

Cpl. Charles W. Hanson
Captured 9 April 1942
Died in Captivity

The other 1940s prisoners were captured in Germany, and the bottom one was in Vietnam

Memorial text:
This plaque is dedicated to the memory of the men from this community that served their country under the most trying of times as prisoners of war