George Roland Weeks - The Citadel Memorial Europe

George Roland Weeks

Citadel Class 1929
Date of Death 30-jan-45
Service USMC
War World War II
Cemetery Buried in charnel, ashes combined / Americans At Moji 4-B Deceased at the Kokura Military Hospital
Rank abbr. LTC

Date of birth 26-May-05
Hometown Long Beach
Family Caroline L. Weeks (wife)
Service Number 4479
Function CDR Co K 3/4 Marines

Theater Pacific
Status KIA/POW
Casualty details PW, Died or Killed, KIA, Unknown location. Surrendered on Corregidor
Place of death Camp Moji (Hospital) Fukuoka #4 (same as 775) Kyushu Island 34-131 Status: Executed, Died in Ship's Sinking or Result of Ship Sinking, Shot While Attempting Escape Notes: Brazil Maru - Transported survivors of Enoura Maru to Japan (13 - 29 January 1945). Some POWs died in transit. Source: Ancestry.com POW Transport Ship: December Sinkings: See code in previous field (REP). (B)DS=Brazil Maru; (E)DS=Enoura Maru; (O)DS=Oryoka Maru; (X) Died during transportation from Olongapo to San Fernando, PI.
Biography https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=WWIIPOW&h=43686&indiv=try&o_vc=Record:OtherRecord&rhSource=1122

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