The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced Tuesday.
The remains of a U.S. Army soldier from Northern California who died as a prisoner of war in the Philippines during World War II have been accounted for, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced Tuesday. Pvt. 1st Class Marcus A. Engesser, 21, of Vallejo was accounted for in September 2023, but the DPAA said his family just recently received their full briefing on his identification.
The captured forces were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and the survivors of the march were held at the Cabanatuan POW camp where more than 2,500 POWs perished.The DPAA said prison camp and other historical records indicated that Engesser died Sept. 23, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in a common grave at the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery. Those remains were exhumed after the war and examined for possible identification.
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