Editors Note: This year, we will be making a special effort to remember each and every known member of the 192nd Tank Battalion. As part of that remembrance, we will list each day the members who were killed or died on that date, along with links for additional information as available. We look forward to your comments.
January 9th
PFC Frank A. Byars
Tablets of the Missing Manila American Cemetery
On this date in 1942, PFC Frank A. Byars (HQ C0) was killed in action on Bataan while delivering messages as a motorcycle messenger. He is listed as “missing in action” at Manila American Cemetery.
Link to Funk’s Bataan Project page: http://bataanproject.com/Byars.html
Capt. Russell C. Thorman
Tablets of the missing at Manila American Cemetery.
On this date in 1945, Capt. Thorman C. Russell (HQ C0) died while being transported on the Hell Ship Enoura Maru. He is listed as “missing in action” at Manila American Cemetery.
Link to Funk’s Bataan Project page: http://bataanproject.com/Thorman.html
ABMC page with Nix burial location: http://www.abmc.gov/node/363999#.VogGahUrJBI
Pvt. Wilbur E. Linse
Pvt. Wilbur Linse.
On this date in 1957, Pvt. Wilbur E. Linse (MD) died in Chicago, Illinois. He was held in various POW camps in the Philippines, survived the Hell Ship Noto Maru and slave labor at a Japanese mine.
Link to Funk’s Bataan Project page: http://bataanproject.com/Linse.html