Cpl. John Koleczek

Born: 10 January 1915  Hometown - Cleveland, Ohio
Inducted: U. S. Army - 25 Match 1941 Cleveland
Training: Ft. Knox, Kentucky,     Camp Polk, Louisiana
Overseas Duty:    Philippine Islands      
   Engagements:     Battle of Luzon, Battle of Bataan
Prisoner of War:   9 April 1942  -  Death March
POW Camps:     Philippine Islands: Camp O'Donnell,  Cabanatuan;  Japan: Fukuoka Camp #17
                     Slave Labor - coal mining
Hellship: Clyde Maru: Sailed from Manila 23 July 1943
              Arrived Moji, Japan 9 August 1943
              POW's taken by train to Omuta, Kyushu
Liberated: September 2, 1945
                         Died: 29 July 1987       

 

        Credit: Jim Opolony Bataan Commemorative Research Project: http://www.proviso.k12.il.us/bataan%20web/index.htm

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