PVT. CO. F
20 INFANTRY
WW I
Married; Anna (Anastacia) Marie Talbott
Farstvedt, Knut (spelled Knudt in Bible records.)
Beresford. S.D.
August 21, 1922
27
Male
Single
Bergensfjord
Bergen, Hordaland,
Norway
A U.S. citizen
Helped defend Wake Island, as a civilian, during WW II
On Wake Island with Morrison Knudsen Constr. Co.-taken prisoner 23 Dec 1941
Wake Island
Malnutrition
POW
*Family Bible Records say he died on Wake Island. Further research indicates he did not.
According to a report by Claude D. Howes, Knudt Farstvedt died on Kyushu Island, Sasebo Camp # 18, on March 26, 1943 from Worms. Mr. Howes indicates he was buried near a Dam, (probably at Soto Dam, later disinterred and returned to the U.S.?) They were taken from Wake Island on September 30, 1942 (Tashibana Maru) arrived at Sasebo Camp # 18 on Oct. 13, 1842.
http://home.comcast.net/~winjerd/Howes.htm
http://knutfarstvedt-wakeisland.blogspot.com/
20 INFANTRY
WW I
Married; Anna (Anastacia) Marie Talbott
Farstvedt, Knut (spelled Knudt in Bible records.)
Beresford. S.D.
August 21, 1922
27
Male
Single
Bergensfjord
Bergen, Hordaland,
Norway
A U.S. citizen
Helped defend Wake Island, as a civilian, during WW II
On Wake Island with Morrison Knudsen Constr. Co.-taken prisoner 23 Dec 1941
Wake Island
Malnutrition
POW
*Family Bible Records say he died on Wake Island. Further research indicates he did not.
According to a report by Claude D. Howes, Knudt Farstvedt died on Kyushu Island, Sasebo Camp # 18, on March 26, 1943 from Worms. Mr. Howes indicates he was buried near a Dam, (probably at Soto Dam, later disinterred and returned to the U.S.?) They were taken from Wake Island on September 30, 1942 (Tashibana Maru) arrived at Sasebo Camp # 18 on Oct. 13, 1842.
http://home.comcast.net/~winjerd/Howes.htm
http://knutfarstvedt-wakeisland.blogspot.com/
PVT. CO. F
20 INFANTRY
WW I
Married; Anna (Anastacia) Marie Talbott
Farstvedt, Knut (spelled Knudt in Bible records.)
Beresford. S.D.
August 21, 1922
27
Male
Single
Bergensfjord
Bergen, Hordaland,
Norway
A U.S. citizen
Helped defend Wake Island, as a civilian, during WW II
On Wake Island with Morrison Knudsen Constr. Co.-taken prisoner 23 Dec 1941
Wake Island
Malnutrition
POW
*Family Bible Records say he died on Wake Island. Further research indicates he did not.
According to a report by Claude D. Howes, Knudt Farstvedt died on Kyushu Island, Sasebo Camp # 18, on March 26, 1943 from Worms. Mr. Howes indicates he was buried near a Dam, (probably at Soto Dam, later disinterred and returned to the U.S.?) They were taken from Wake Island on September 30, 1942 (Tashibana Maru) arrived at Sasebo Camp # 18 on Oct. 13, 1842.
http://home.comcast.net/~winjerd/Howes.htm
http://knutfarstvedt-wakeisland.blogspot.com/
20 INFANTRY
WW I
Married; Anna (Anastacia) Marie Talbott
Farstvedt, Knut (spelled Knudt in Bible records.)
Beresford. S.D.
August 21, 1922
27
Male
Single
Bergensfjord
Bergen, Hordaland,
Norway
A U.S. citizen
Helped defend Wake Island, as a civilian, during WW II
On Wake Island with Morrison Knudsen Constr. Co.-taken prisoner 23 Dec 1941
Wake Island
Malnutrition
POW
*Family Bible Records say he died on Wake Island. Further research indicates he did not.
According to a report by Claude D. Howes, Knudt Farstvedt died on Kyushu Island, Sasebo Camp # 18, on March 26, 1943 from Worms. Mr. Howes indicates he was buried near a Dam, (probably at Soto Dam, later disinterred and returned to the U.S.?) They were taken from Wake Island on September 30, 1942 (Tashibana Maru) arrived at Sasebo Camp # 18 on Oct. 13, 1842.
http://home.comcast.net/~winjerd/Howes.htm
http://knutfarstvedt-wakeisland.blogspot.com/
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