Pvt. Earl Harrison Wheeler
Born: 25 February 1915 - Wisconsin Raised: Illinois Home: Nucces County, Texas
Inducted: U. S. Army - 21 March 1941 - Fort Sam Houston,
Ft. Knox, Kentucky, Camp Polk, Louisiana
Overseas Duty: Philippine Islands Engagements: Battle of Bataan
Prisoner of War: 9 April 1942 - Death March
POW
Camps: Philippine Islands: Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan;
Japan: Fukuoka Camp #17
Hell Ship: Oryoku Maru, Sailed: 13 December 1944 - Sunk: 15 December 1944 - Subic Bay
Enoura Maru: Sailed: 27 December 1944, Sunk: 6 January 1945 - Takao Harbor - Formosa
Brazil Maru: Sailed: 13 January 1943 - Takao, Formosa - Arrived: 30 January 1945 - Moji, Japan
Liberated: September 1945 Died: 31 March 1993 - Abilene, Texas
Credit: Jim Opolony Bataan Commemorative Research Project: http://www.proviso.k12.il.us/bataan%20web/index.htm