SM2C USN POW-Liberated Died 2/1/03 Footville, WI. Heart Attack
See my USS Houston virtual cemetery.
On the night of February 28, 1942, the
U.S.S. Houston, Admiral Tommy Hart's
former Asiatic flagship, vanished without
a trace somewhere off the Northwest
coast of Java. The mystery of the
Houston remained complete until the war
ended and small groups of survivors
were discovered in Japs prisoner of war
camps, scattered from the island of Java
through the Malay Peninsula, the jungles
of Burma and Thailand, and northward to
the Islands of Japan.Of the 1,008 officers
and men who manned her, approximately 350
escaped from the sinking ship, only to be
captured in the jungles of Java, or as
they floundered helplessly in the sea.
Of the original survivors, only 266 lived
through the ordeal of filth and brutal
treatment meted out to them in Japs
prisoner of war camps.
Written by Cmdr. Walter G. Winslow, USN
James Lester Ballew
[James Letcher Ballew]
[James Ballew]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1923
Birth Place: Kaw City Osa, Oklahoma
Death Date: 2 Feb 2003
Father: George W Ballew
Mother: Walcey L Butler
SSN: 519187105
Notes: Sep 1940: Name listed as JAMES LESTER BALLEW; Sep 1956: Name listed as JAMES LETCHER BALLEW; 07 Feb 2003: Name listed as JAMES L BALLEW
See my USS Houston virtual cemetery.
On the night of February 28, 1942, the
U.S.S. Houston, Admiral Tommy Hart's
former Asiatic flagship, vanished without
a trace somewhere off the Northwest
coast of Java. The mystery of the
Houston remained complete until the war
ended and small groups of survivors
were discovered in Japs prisoner of war
camps, scattered from the island of Java
through the Malay Peninsula, the jungles
of Burma and Thailand, and northward to
the Islands of Japan.Of the 1,008 officers
and men who manned her, approximately 350
escaped from the sinking ship, only to be
captured in the jungles of Java, or as
they floundered helplessly in the sea.
Of the original survivors, only 266 lived
through the ordeal of filth and brutal
treatment meted out to them in Japs
prisoner of war camps.
Written by Cmdr. Walter G. Winslow, USN
James Lester Ballew
[James Letcher Ballew]
[James Ballew]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1923
Birth Place: Kaw City Osa, Oklahoma
Death Date: 2 Feb 2003
Father: George W Ballew
Mother: Walcey L Butler
SSN: 519187105
Notes: Sep 1940: Name listed as JAMES LESTER BALLEW; Sep 1956: Name listed as JAMES LETCHER BALLEW; 07 Feb 2003: Name listed as JAMES L BALLEW
SM2C USN POW-Liberated Died 2/1/03 Footville, WI. Heart Attack
See my USS Houston virtual cemetery.
On the night of February 28, 1942, the
U.S.S. Houston, Admiral Tommy Hart's
former Asiatic flagship, vanished without
a trace somewhere off the Northwest
coast of Java. The mystery of the
Houston remained complete until the war
ended and small groups of survivors
were discovered in Japs prisoner of war
camps, scattered from the island of Java
through the Malay Peninsula, the jungles
of Burma and Thailand, and northward to
the Islands of Japan.Of the 1,008 officers
and men who manned her, approximately 350
escaped from the sinking ship, only to be
captured in the jungles of Java, or as
they floundered helplessly in the sea.
Of the original survivors, only 266 lived
through the ordeal of filth and brutal
treatment meted out to them in Japs
prisoner of war camps.
Written by Cmdr. Walter G. Winslow, USN
James Lester Ballew
[James Letcher Ballew]
[James Ballew]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1923
Birth Place: Kaw City Osa, Oklahoma
Death Date: 2 Feb 2003
Father: George W Ballew
Mother: Walcey L Butler
SSN: 519187105
Notes: Sep 1940: Name listed as JAMES LESTER BALLEW; Sep 1956: Name listed as JAMES LETCHER BALLEW; 07 Feb 2003: Name listed as JAMES L BALLEW
See my USS Houston virtual cemetery.
On the night of February 28, 1942, the
U.S.S. Houston, Admiral Tommy Hart's
former Asiatic flagship, vanished without
a trace somewhere off the Northwest
coast of Java. The mystery of the
Houston remained complete until the war
ended and small groups of survivors
were discovered in Japs prisoner of war
camps, scattered from the island of Java
through the Malay Peninsula, the jungles
of Burma and Thailand, and northward to
the Islands of Japan.Of the 1,008 officers
and men who manned her, approximately 350
escaped from the sinking ship, only to be
captured in the jungles of Java, or as
they floundered helplessly in the sea.
Of the original survivors, only 266 lived
through the ordeal of filth and brutal
treatment meted out to them in Japs
prisoner of war camps.
Written by Cmdr. Walter G. Winslow, USN
James Lester Ballew
[James Letcher Ballew]
[James Ballew]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 24 Aug 1923
Birth Place: Kaw City Osa, Oklahoma
Death Date: 2 Feb 2003
Father: George W Ballew
Mother: Walcey L Butler
SSN: 519187105
Notes: Sep 1940: Name listed as JAMES LESTER BALLEW; Sep 1956: Name listed as JAMES LETCHER BALLEW; 07 Feb 2003: Name listed as JAMES L BALLEW
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