PATRICK H. WALSH, born October 08, 1920, Perry County, IN, to JOHN JAMES WALSH and MARY IDA CASSIDY and died October 21, 1942, prisoner of war at Cam Cabanatuan, Phillipines.
Pvt Walsh, United States Army, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment from St. Croix, Indiana in Perry County, died October 21, 1942, while serving in the South Pascific. American authorities were notified that Patrick had fought at Bataan and survived the Death March only to die of dysentery as a prisoner of war at Cam Cabanatuan, Phillipines. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery, Phillipines.
PATRICK H. WALSH:
WWII Bataan Death March
Bataan
In the Philippines the Americans were gradually forced to retreat down the Bataan Peninsula until, trapped, they were finally compelled to surrender. He became a prisoner of the Japanese. The Japanese General whose plans had been frustrated for so long determined to punish his prisoners for their stubborn resistance. He forced the sick and starving survivors to march the length of the Bataan Peninsula to the distant prison camps he had established, in tropical heat. No food, water or shelter was provided, no rest was permitted, and any prisoner who could not keep up on the march was bayoneted or shot to death. This forced journey was known as the notorious Bataan Death March. Of the thousands of Americans who started the march, only a third were alive at the end.
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Pvt Walsh, United States Army, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment from St. Croix, Indiana in Perry County, died October 21, 1942, while serving in the South Pascific. American authorities were notified that Patrick had fought at Bataan and survived the Death March only to die of dysentery as a prisoner of war at Cam Cabanatuan, Phillipines. He is buried in the Manila American Cemetery, Phillipines.