Captain John "Jack" Utinsky was from West Virginia, his father was Chryzostomas Jutinskas Utinsky "Chris" aka "Christ" born in Lithuania 1875. His birth mother was Petronella (Petronėlė) "Ella" Kashalutok (Kašaliauskaitė?), his adoptive mother was Petronella Gudaitis or Gugas born in Lithuania. He had three sisters Agnes S. Utinsky (born 1911 Illinois), Nell Polly. Utinsky (born 1909 Illinois), and Cassie M. Utinsky (born 1907 Illinois) He was married to Margaret Utinsky one of the famous "angels" of the infamous Japanese prison camps in the Philippines who did their best to assist POWs despite great odds and hardships. John Utinsky was an engineer and served as a captain in World War One. He then took a civilian job with the Army as an engineer in the Philippines. He married Margaret Utinsky in 1934. He assisted in the building of the Malinta tunnel on Corregidor. When war broke out he was returned to active duty and saw action on the Bataan peninsula. He survived the "Death March" but died of starvation in August of 1942,at the Cabanatuan POW Camp, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Philippines despite his wife's valiant efforts to locate him and assist him.
Captain John "Jack" Utinsky was from West Virginia, his father was Chryzostomas Jutinskas Utinsky "Chris" aka "Christ" born in Lithuania 1875. His birth mother was Petronella (Petronėlė) "Ella" Kashalutok (Kašaliauskaitė?), his adoptive mother was Petronella Gudaitis or Gugas born in Lithuania. He had three sisters Agnes S. Utinsky (born 1911 Illinois), Nell Polly. Utinsky (born 1909 Illinois), and Cassie M. Utinsky (born 1907 Illinois) He was married to Margaret Utinsky one of the famous "angels" of the infamous Japanese prison camps in the Philippines who did their best to assist POWs despite great odds and hardships. John Utinsky was an engineer and served as a captain in World War One. He then took a civilian job with the Army as an engineer in the Philippines. He married Margaret Utinsky in 1934. He assisted in the building of the Malinta tunnel on Corregidor. When war broke out he was returned to active duty and saw action on the Bataan peninsula. He survived the "Death March" but died of starvation in August of 1942,at the Cabanatuan POW Camp, Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Philippines despite his wife's valiant efforts to locate him and assist him.
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Entered the service from Illinois.
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