Prisoner of War memorial - Caldwell, KS
Posted by: YoSam.
N 37° 01.893 W 097° 36.417
14S E 623900 N 4099279
Many served, a few were captured and suffered even more.
Waymark Code: WMV043
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 01/31/2017
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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
POW * MIA
You are not forgotten
Capt. William R. Schwertfeger
Captured 16 Feb 1972
Released 28 Mar 1973Sgt. Edwin A. Bruey Captured 1 Oct 1944 Released 10 May 1945
Sgt. Dean L. Leyerly Captured 6 Dec 1944 Released 1945
Pvt. William H. Ethridge Captured 9 Apr 1942 Died in Captivity 7 Sep 1944
| Cpl. Charles W. Hanson Captured 9 Apr 1942 Died in Captivity
2nd Lt. Lee Bruce Strouf Captured 23 June 1944 Released 1945
Pvt. Alvin Strong Captured 8 Sep 1944 Released 1945 |
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