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The Death March Prisoners on the march from Bataan to the prison camp, May 1942. (National Archives). Also appears [1]. U. S. Army personnel toiled to identify the charred remains of Americans captured at Bataan and burned alive on Palawan. March 20, 1945 News of the Bataan Death March sparked outrage in the US, as reflected in this poster. At dawn on April 9, and against the orders of Generals Douglas MacArthur and Jonathan Wainwright[citation needed], Major General Edward P. King, Jr., commanding Luzon Force, Bataan, Philippine Islands, surrendered more than 75,000 (67,000 Filipinos, 1,000 Chinese Filipinos, and 11,796 Americans) starving and disease-ridden men.[8] He inquired of Colonel Motoo Nakayama, the Japanese colonel to whom he tendered his pistol in lieu of his lost sword, whether the Americans and Filipinos would be well treated. The Japanese aide-de-camp replied: ``We are not barbarians.´´ The majority of the prisoners of war were immediately robbed of their keepsakes and belongings [9][not specific enough to verify] and subsequently forced to endure a 61 mi (98 km) march in deep dust, over vehicle-broken macadam roads, and crammed into rail cars to captivity at Camp O'Donnell. The Japanese informed them that it was no more than a two-day march for (healthy) Japanese soldiers.[8] Thousands died en route from disease, starvation, dehydration, heat prostration, untreated wounds, and wanton execution. Those few who were lucky enough to travel to San Fernando on trucks still had to endure more than 25 mi (40 km) of marching. Prisoners were beaten randomly, and were often denied food and water. Those who fell behind were usually executed or left to die. Witnesses say those who broke rank for a drink of water were executed, some even decapitated. Subsequently, the sides of the roads became littered with dead bodies and those begging for help. On the Bataan Death March, approximately 64,000 of the 75,000 prisoners reached their destination. The death toll of the march is difficult to assess as thousands of captives were able to escape from their guards. All told, approximately 5,000-10,000 Filipino and 600-650 American prisoners of war died before they could reach Camp O'Donnell.[10] Harrodsburg, Kentucky was the city with the most members in the Death March, at 66. These men are known as the Harrodsburg Tankers.[citation needed]
Leroy W Jr Wyse
Race: White
Residence state: Ohio

Report Date: 7 May 1942
Latest Report Date: 1 Oct 1945

Grade: Private
Service Branch: Army
Arm or Service: Coast Artillery Corps
Arm or Service Code: Coast Artillery Corps Or Amp: Army Mine Planter Service
Area Served: Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands
Detaining Country: Japan
Camp: Osaka Main Camp Chikko Osaka 34-135
Status: Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated
Report Source: Individual has been reported through sources considered official.

Source Information:

National Archives and Records Administration. World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Original data: World War II Prisoners of War Data File [Archival Database]; Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 1942-1947; Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General, Record Group 389; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD.

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This database contains information on approximately 140,000 U.S. officers and soldiers, as well as U.S. and some Allied civilians who were prisoners of war (POWs) during World War II (specifically 7 Dec 1941-19 Nov 1946). Information in this database was originally taken from records and reports created by the International Committee of the Red Cross. Generally, the type of information you will find in this database for an individual includes: name of prisoner or internee, race, state of residence, service branch, and detaining country. Learn more...

Birth	21 May 1919
Residence	1930	Brady, Williams, Ohio, USA
Military	25 Feb 1941	Fort Sam Houston, Bexar, Texas, USA
Military	Bet 6 May 1942 and 1945	POW of the Imperial Japanese Army. "Bataan Death March"/Bataan, Philippines
Military	Bet 6 May 1942 and 1945	Taken prisoner by the Imperial Japanese Army on this date./Corregidor, Samar, Philippines
Military	7 May 1942
Death	25 Sep 1947	Crile Army Hospital/Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Military		Battery C, 60th Coast Artillery, WWII Serial Number 18049009/
Nickname / Common Name		Junior/
Military		Battery C, 60th Coast Artillery, WWII Serial Number 18049009/

Father	Leroy Wilbur WYSE (1881 - 1958)
Mother	Carrie May SCHNEIDER (1883 - 1975)
Sibling	Maruerite Ruth WYSE (1907 - 1965)
Sibling	Irene M WYSE (1910 - 2004)
Sibling	Helen Mae Wyse (1911 - 1988)
Sibling	Russel Eugene WYSE (1921 - 2002)
Sibling	Wayne Lester WYSE (1923 - 1984)
Sibling	Hazel Eldora WYSE (1904 - 1999)
Sibling	Ralph William WYSE (1912 - 1995)
Sibling	Robert Louis WYSE (1924 - 2013)
Sibling	Edward Arthur WYSE (1902 - 2003)
Sibling	Living
Sibling	Galen Richard WYSE (1917 - 1989)