Zentsuji POW Camp
Rescue Roster

Hiroshima Branch #1 formerly Osaka POW Command

Zentsuji Main
 Source: NARA RG 407 Box 102 & 103; Mansell Collection NARA 9

109 men rescued on 5 September by an American rescue team
AMERICANS:        British & New Zealanders
Name, Rank, ASN, Service, Unit
Albertazzi, Dorman Vernon,PhM1c,3756108,USN,USNH Guam
Allen, David Martin,GM3c,3558102,USN,USS Penguin [ex Hir-04B-Mukaishima]
Baggett, Ralph Newell "Slats",PFC,301267,USMC,Insular Patrol
Bagwell, Woodrow L.,PFC,285676,USMC,Insular Patrol
Baker, Francis Earl ,PhM1c,3369373,USN,USNH Guam
Barnett, Carroll Dale "Barney",PFC,303498,USMC,Sumay
Bell, Louis Whorton,CM1c,3719900,USN,USNH Guam
Benson, Arthur Wise,Bkr2c,3283123,USN,USS Penguin
Binns, Donald Adair,Cox,3419733,USN,Piti Yard
Bluma, Lawrence Edward,BM2c,3419732,USN,YP-17 Piti Yard
Borth, Harold Clarence,Mar Gun,8564,USMC,1st Def Bn
Boyd, Birdyne,PFC,277529,USMC,1st Def Bn
Brown, Joseph Rust,S1c,3375466,USN,PBY Sqdn 41 Dutch Harbor
Bumgarner, Alvin Aaron,Plt Sgt,218486,USMC,1st Def Bn
Campbell, Fred Levi,Pay Clerk (WO),77874,USN,Admin Group Guam
Carrillo, Andrew James Jr.,QM1c,3810984,USN,USS Penguin
Colavecchio, Felix Anthony,BM1c,2043862,USN,USS Barnes
Combs, Jay B.,Mess Sgt,257152,USMC,Sumay
Conner, Warren D.,PFC,285759,USMC,1st Def Bn
Damon, Walter LeRoy,Mess Sgt,214524,USMC,Sumay
Daniels, Alfred Lee,HA1c,3562662,USN,USNH Guam
Darter, Harold Leslie,Pvt,302246,USMC,Sumay
Drolette, James Alexander,Pvt,307861,USMC,Sumay
Dunlap, Wilson Willard,HA1c,3821648,USN,USNH Guam
Dunsmoor, Earl Worcester,Pay Clerk,7463,USMC,Sumay
Dupuis, Edward Charles,FM1c,291336,USMC,Sumay
Eads, Lyle Willis,Y1c,3209319,USN,Admin Group Guam
Eckel, Harold Eugene,RM2c,3370270,USN,WX Det (Pat Wing 4)
Ellis, Robert Reid,RM1c,3368814,USN,Radio Libugon
Fenn, Frank Lewis Jr.,PhM1c,2124176,USN,USNH Guam
Fisher, Walter Howels,CBM,2949235,USN,Admin Group Guam
Fosha, Charles Edwards,ACMM,3718048,USN,USS Yorktown Torpedo Sqdn 5
Frontis, Irving,CphM,2616294,USN,USNH Guam
Gardner, Glenn G.,Sgt,270354,USMC,AG 21 VMF 511
Gayhart, Clarence Irwin,EM1c,2870180,USN,USS Barnes
Goetz, Howard Clarence,PhM1c,3598959,USN,USNH Guam
Golich, George C.,Corp,273403,USMC,Sumay
Guith, Frederick Gorman,Prtr1c,3109075,USN,Radio Agaña
Hagood, Fletcher Marvin,Corp,230852,USMC,Sumay
Hanson, Knute Clarence,PFC,296199,USMC,Insular Patrol
Hanzsek, Joseph,MM1c,2435703,USN,USS Penguin
Haun, Robert Clinton,Pay Clerk (WO),79720,USN,Admin Group Guam
Hellmers, John Anthony,CCStd,2226386,USN,Admin Group Guam
Hinton, Cecil Edmond,CM1c,2742064,USN,USS Penguin
Honan, Thomas Raymond,Sgt,243571,USMC,Sumay
Jaspits, John,Corp,199259,USMC,Sumay
Johnston, Albert Sidney,CSK,2736582,USN,Admin Group Guam
Johnston, Lillard Lee,Corp,272544,USMC,1st Def Bn [ex Tok-12B-Mitsushima]
Jones, Artis Willis,PFC,288574,USMC,Sumay
Jones, John Henry,PFC,296586,USMC,Sumay
Jones, Vincent Young,Y2c,3371628,USN,Admin Group Guam
Joslin, Harold Eugene,RM2c,3857305,USN,Radio Libugon
Keck, Truman Wilbur,PhM1c,3557965,USN,USNH Guam
King, Lloyd S.,PFC,296588,USMC,Sumay
Kozlowski, Leonard Stanley,PFC,285111,USMCR,Sumay
Kuonen, Charlie R. "Kunie",PFC,297150,USMC,Sumay
La Casse, John Joseph,PhM1c,3858547,USN,USNH Guam
La Grone, Harry John,Pvt,308764,USMC,Insular Patrol
Lake, Olin Sumner,CQM,3051724,USN,USS Penguin
Law, Phinas Allen,Cpl,250185,USMC,Sumay
Lentz, Emmert C,MAJ,O&020503,MC,Ft Stotsenburg Hosp
Linn, Frank King "Bandy",BMstr,3926526,USN,Admin Group Guam
Lyles, John Henry,Sgt,248374,USMC,Sumay
Martin, Max Holland,PFC,309442,USMC,Sumay
Mc Leod, Marvin Donald,HA1c,3561620,USN,USNH Guam
Miller, Albert Ray "Pete",PFC,308773,USMC,Sumay
O'Brien, Robert William,CBM,2911728,USN,USS Penguin
Odom, John Carroll,PhM2c,3369398,USN,USNH Guam
Olson, Gordon Erland,PhM2c,2581131,USN,USNH Guam
O'Shea, John J,Plt Sgt,199566,USMC,Sumay
Peak, Martin Henry,PFC,300837,USMC,Sumay
Perkins, Elbert Samuel,Pvt,310933,USMC,Sumay
Ploke, John Francis,PhM1c,3159544,USN,USNH Guam
Pogue, Bill Barton,Pvt,308783,USMC,Sumay
Rathbun, Lorenzo Everett,RM2c,3682748,USN,USS Penguin
Ratzman, Martin Earl,S1c,3761866,USN,USS Penguin
Reed, William "Bill" James,F2c,3422135,USN,USS Penguin
Ritthaler, Paul Richard,Fld Ck,279949,USMC,Sumay
Rogers, Ernest J. Jr. "Soldier",SSgt,6948543,USAAC,Wake Sig Corps Det
Roslansky, Marvin Arthur,Pvt,306037,USMC,Insular Patrol
Ross, Howard DeFrance "Seagull",PFC,269599,USMC,Sumay
Rowe, Abner Peter Jr.,PhM1c,2681498,USN,USNH Guam
Sager, William Henry,Aerog1c,3810837,USN,Radio Agaña
Sawyer, John "Jack" Wilbur,S1c,2834125,USN,USS Penguin
Schiffbauer, Robert Arnold,SK1c,3163344,USN,Admin Group Guam
Schlegel, Alfred Arlington,PFC,279828,USMC,Sumay
Schubert, Arthur George,PFC,277405,USMC,Insular Patrol
Shively, David Thomas,Pvt,311456,USMC,Sumay
Sloman, Wiley W.,PFC,265609,USMC,1st Def Bn
Smalling, Hollis,PFC,280056,USMC,Insular Patrol
Smith, Elwood,Pvt,311167,USMC,Sumay
Sprague, J. Wilson,PhM2c,3720726,USN,USNH Guam
Stone, Frank Marion,Plt Sgt,70336,USMC,Sumay
Taylor, Jacob Eugene,CSK,3678961,USN,Admin Group Guam
Townsend, Homer Lamar,CBM,3596005,USN,YP-17 Piti Yard
Wash, Jack Lawrence,S1c,3822756,USN,YP-16 Piti Yard [ex Hir-04B-Mukaishima]
Weaver, Paul Richard,F1c,2796499,USN,USNH Guam
Wells, George Bernard,WO,O&728016,USN,Piti Yard
Whitaker, Kenneth Francis,CWT,2678614,USN,USS R.L. Barnes
Wickham, John Edwin,PFC,297443,USMC,Sumay
Wilkinson, Alexander Robert,PhM3c,2660880,USN,USNH Guam
Wilson, Rex Elwood,EM3c,2722177,USN,USS Penguin
Young, Jack Robert,PhM3c,3820841,USN,USNH Guam

Commonwealth:      Top
Name, Rank, ASN, Service, Unit
Jones, John Mesach,Civilian Radio Operator,180724,NZEF,NZ Coast Watchers Bikati (Butaritari Atoll)
Leiper, John Victor,Gunner,,RN,HMS Encounter
Mc Quinn, Maxwell Patrick,Civ Radio Op,na,NZEF,NZ Coast Watchers Makin Meong
Menzies, John Mesach "Jack",Pvt,36495,NZEF,NZ Coast Watchers Bikati (Butaritari Atoll)
Menzies, Michael,Pvt,63994,NZEF,NZ Coast Watchers Bikati (Butaritari Atoll)
Wallace, S.R.,Civ Radio Op,na,NZEF,NZ Coast Watchers Abeang (near Tarawa)