Clarence A. L. Watson (1923 Texas), a resident of Grayson County, Texas, enlisted as a Private (S/N 18063146) in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps on 09 September 1941 in Dallas, Texas. He was single, had completed Grammar School and was working as a farm hand.
Private Watson was sent to the Philippine Islands.
Private First Class Clarence A. Watson, age 18, (S/N 18063146), died at 3:00 pm, 24 July 1942, of malaria, in Barracks #28, Hospital Area. His death was recorded on a condensed milk can label. He was one of 21 men to die that day, the 1146th prisoner to die in the camp since in opened in June. In all 786 men died in the prison during the month of July. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years. 90% of the POW deaths in Cabanatuan were men who were captured on Bataan.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs who died during that 24 hour period. After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for positive identification. Unfortunately, no clothing, personal effects nor any other means of identification were found for him and his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan. He is most likely buried in the Manila American Cemetery as a "Known but to God". There are 953 men like PFC Watson who were not identified after the war, "unknowns", permanently interred in the Manila American Cemetery from Cabanatuan.
Private First Class Clarence A. Watson is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Army and Army Air Forces at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
He also has a cenotaph in Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.
Private Watson was sent to the Philippine Islands.
Private First Class Clarence A. Watson, age 18, (S/N 18063146), died at 3:00 pm, 24 July 1942, of malaria, in Barracks #28, Hospital Area. His death was recorded on a condensed milk can label. He was one of 21 men to die that day, the 1146th prisoner to die in the camp since in opened in June. In all 786 men died in the prison during the month of July. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years. 90% of the POW deaths in Cabanatuan were men who were captured on Bataan.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs who died during that 24 hour period. After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for positive identification. Unfortunately, no clothing, personal effects nor any other means of identification were found for him and his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan. He is most likely buried in the Manila American Cemetery as a "Known but to God". There are 953 men like PFC Watson who were not identified after the war, "unknowns", permanently interred in the Manila American Cemetery from Cabanatuan.
Private First Class Clarence A. Watson is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Army and Army Air Forces at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
He also has a cenotaph in Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.
Clarence A. L. Watson (1923 Texas), a resident of Grayson County, Texas, enlisted as a Private (S/N 18063146) in the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps on 09 September 1941 in Dallas, Texas. He was single, had completed Grammar School and was working as a farm hand.
Private Watson was sent to the Philippine Islands.
Private First Class Clarence A. Watson, age 18, (S/N 18063146), died at 3:00 pm, 24 July 1942, of malaria, in Barracks #28, Hospital Area. His death was recorded on a condensed milk can label. He was one of 21 men to die that day, the 1146th prisoner to die in the camp since in opened in June. In all 786 men died in the prison during the month of July. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years. 90% of the POW deaths in Cabanatuan were men who were captured on Bataan.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs who died during that 24 hour period. After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for positive identification. Unfortunately, no clothing, personal effects nor any other means of identification were found for him and his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan. He is most likely buried in the Manila American Cemetery as a "Known but to God". There are 953 men like PFC Watson who were not identified after the war, "unknowns", permanently interred in the Manila American Cemetery from Cabanatuan.
Private First Class Clarence A. Watson is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Army and Army Air Forces at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
He also has a cenotaph in Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.
Private Watson was sent to the Philippine Islands.
Private First Class Clarence A. Watson, age 18, (S/N 18063146), died at 3:00 pm, 24 July 1942, of malaria, in Barracks #28, Hospital Area. His death was recorded on a condensed milk can label. He was one of 21 men to die that day, the 1146th prisoner to die in the camp since in opened in June. In all 786 men died in the prison during the month of July. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years. 90% of the POW deaths in Cabanatuan were men who were captured on Bataan.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs who died during that 24 hour period. After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for positive identification. Unfortunately, no clothing, personal effects nor any other means of identification were found for him and his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan. He is most likely buried in the Manila American Cemetery as a "Known but to God". There are 953 men like PFC Watson who were not identified after the war, "unknowns", permanently interred in the Manila American Cemetery from Cabanatuan.
Private First Class Clarence A. Watson is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Army and Army Air Forces at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
He also has a cenotaph in Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, Grayson County, Texas.
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