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Pvt Eddie Valentine Sbrusch
12 Oct 1919 – 7 Sep 1944
| Birth | 12 Oct 1919 |
| Death | 7 Sep 1944 |
| Cemetery | Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila , Capital District , National Capital Region , Philippines |
| Added by | JimO on 25 Jul 2020 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56750309 |
Bio
Eddie served as a Private, 440th Ordnance Company, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He resided in Fayette County, Texas prior to the war. He enlisted in the Army on June 20, 1941, prior to the war, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Single, without dependents. He became a prisoner of the Japanese Army while fighting in the Philippines during the war in 1942. He was held at Japanese POW Camp 3, Old Bilibid Prison, Rizal, Manila, Philippines. Eddie was declared "Missing In Action" while a POW of the Japanese Army in the sinking of the "Shinyo Maru". He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart. The Japanese ship "Shinyo Maru" was loaded with 750 U.S. POW's in the cargo holds. The U.S.S. Paddle (SS-263), not knowing that American POW's were on board, fired torpedoes at the ship off the coast of Mindanao and sank it. Some Japanese guards shot prisoners as they struggled from the holds after the attack or were in the water. 668 POW's died when the ship sank, leaving only 82 survivors. 47 of 52 Japanese guards also died. His remains were not recovered. Service # 18056395 ( Bio by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Soldiers & Sailors who died on the "Shinyo Maru": ( Last name staring with: A through D ) ( Last name staring with: E through L ) ( Last name staring with: M through R ) ( Last name staring with: S through Z ) Survivor of the "Shinyo Maru" Click Here For Listing ( Above listings created by: Russell S. "Russ" Pickett ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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PVT 440 ORDNANCE (AVN) TEXAS
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Family
Parents
Siblings
- Angelina Sbrusch Novak 1912–1941
- Albina Sbrusch Vaculik 1914–1997
- Alfonse Joseph Sbrusch Sr 1917–1992
- PVT Edward Valentine "Eddie" Sbrusch 1919–1944
- Valentine E. Sbrusch 1922–2003
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