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Sgt Eugene Sims Dawson

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Sgt Eugene Sims Dawson

Birth
Mississippi, USA
Death
2 Jul 1942 (aged 27)
Philippines
Burial
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
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Plot D Row 9 Grave 237
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Eugene enlisted in the U.S. Army from Pike County, MS, on 29 September 1939. As a sergeant assigned to the USAAF 27th Bombardment Group (Light), 48th Material Squadron, he was captured by the Japanese Army during WW II. It is believed that after surviving the Bataan Death March, he was imprisoned in the O'Donnell POW Camp where he died on 2 July 1942. Camp O'Donnell is located at Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, north of Clark Field.


Father: Charles Goodrich Dawson 1873 – 1941
Mother: Tulula Brian Delagarza 1877 – 1961
Siblings:Charles Aubrey Dawson 1898 – 1969
John Thomas Dawson 1901 – 1958
Mary Tulula Dawson 1904 – 1984
Willie "Bill" Louise Dawson 1907 – 1991
Lawence Dawson 1911 – 1984
David Allen Dawson Sr. 1912 – 1970
Ronald ? Dawson 1913 –
Eugene enlisted in the U.S. Army from Pike County, MS, on 29 September 1939. As a sergeant assigned to the USAAF 27th Bombardment Group (Light), 48th Material Squadron, he was captured by the Japanese Army during WW II. It is believed that after surviving the Bataan Death March, he was imprisoned in the O'Donnell POW Camp where he died on 2 July 1942. Camp O'Donnell is located at Capas, Tarlac, Philippines, north of Clark Field.


Father: Charles Goodrich Dawson 1873 – 1941
Mother: Tulula Brian Delagarza 1877 – 1961
Siblings:Charles Aubrey Dawson 1898 – 1969
John Thomas Dawson 1901 – 1958
Mary Tulula Dawson 1904 – 1984
Willie "Bill" Louise Dawson 1907 – 1991
Lawence Dawson 1911 – 1984
David Allen Dawson Sr. 1912 – 1970
Ronald ? Dawson 1913 –

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