Hirohata- Deceased POWs



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    These are the 20 POWs who perished at Hirohata.
    Three of these men died in the Kobe/Osaka hospital. Primary sources
    are the Reed diary, Hale book, Giles book, Smith Green diary,
    records of Steve Raymond and Kobe Hospital Records. The only
    man from Guam who perished while physically at Hirohata was Bustamente.
    Green unconfirmed by NARA 



    Name 
    Rank 
    Service 
    Date 
    Source 
    Unit 
    Notes 



    Haley,
    Arthur C. 
    Cpl 
    USA 
    17 Dec 43 
    multiple 
    7th Chem Co,

    Bataan		 
     unk 



    Westbrook, Walter 
    PFC 
    USA 
    29 Dec 43 
    Reed 
    75th Ord

    Bataan		 
    Job Injury at "Coseki" Yard 



    Wood, Robert B. 
    PFC 
    USA 
    10 Mar 44 
    Reed, Hale,Raymond 
    27th Bomb Gp

    454th Ordnance		 
    starvation & pneumonia 



    Parker, Ralph A 
    unk 
    unk 
    11 Mar 44 
    Raymond 
     unk 
     Ralph Lee? 194th Tank Survived 

    James, Luther Benjamin 
    Cpl 
    USA
    11 Mar 44 
    Raymond 
    515th CAC H Btry 
    Kobe/Osaka Hospital- NARA Reports

    he was rescued in Osaka		 

    Bustamente, Lawrence Robert 
    PFC 
    USMC 
    16 Mar 44 
    multiple 
    Sumay Marine Det. Guam 
    Boils, starvation, Beriberi, Dysentary 



    Greenfield, Eugene C. 
    PFC 
    USA 
    07 Apr 44 
    Reed, Raymond 
    192nd Tank A 
    beriberi, starvation 



    Wynn, Lloyd P. 
    unk 
    unk 
    13 Apr 44 
    Raymond 
     515th CA Battery H 
     unk 

    Davis, Jack W. 
    SSgt 
    USAAC 
    13 Apr 44 
    Raymond 
    Air Corps 
    Kobe/Osaka Hospital- NARA Reports

    he was rescued in Osaka		 

    Renko, James R. 
    Pvt 
    USA 
    4 Apr 44 
    Reed 
    Harbor Defense Hq 
    unknown 

    Williams, Iley 
    S/Sgt 
    USA 
    15 Apr 44 
    Reed, Raymond 
    unk 
    pneumonia 

    Gould, Walter W. 
    Pvt 
    USA 
    19 Apr 44 
    Reed, Raymond 
    QM Detachment Ft McKinley 
    starvation 

    Herring, Boyd S. 
    Sgt 
    USAAC 
    29 Apr 44 
    Reed, Raymond 
    unk 
    beriberi, starvation 

    Allred, Everitt W. [Picture] 
    PFC 
    USA 
    05 May 44 
    Reed, Raymond 
    228th Signal Co 
    beriberi, starvation 

    Reed, John H. 
    unk 
    unk 
    06 May 44 
    Raymond 
     unk 
     unk 



    Rist, Virgil - 6851321 
    Sgt 
    USA 
    13 Dec 44 
    NARA 
    59th CAC 
    20 Apr 1944; Kobe Military

    Hospital; Tuberculosis		 



    Martinsen, Frank H. 
    PFC 
    USA 
    01 Jan 45 
    Reed 
    59th CA 
    spinal meningitis 



    Biddison, William T. 
    S/Sgt 
    USA 
    31 Jan 45 
    Reed, Raymond 
    27th BG (L) 48th Mat 
    heart failure 



    Chamberlain, Robert Finley 
    Corp 
    USA 
    04 Feb 45 
    Reed, Hale 
    20th Air Base Gp 28th Mat 
     unk 



    Kalen, Albert C. 
    Pvt 
    USA 
    04 Feb 45 
    Reed, Hale 
    31st Inf Anti-tank 
    intestinal flu, last to die at Hirohata