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SGT Alton Jewel Bertels

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SGT Alton Jewel Bertels

Birth
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA
Death
23 Mar 1945 (aged 30)
China
Burial
Malmo Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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Alton Jewel Bertels joined the US Marine Corps on Feb 21, 1938. He had attained the rank of Sergeant and was a guard at the US Embassy in Peking when he was ordered to surrender to the Japanese on Dec 8, 1941. He interned in the POW camp at Kiangwan, China. He died there on Mar 23, 1945 from pulmonary TB. His body was cremated. He received the Prisoner of War medal posthumously.

Sources: togetherweserved.com, northchinamarines.com, Application for Headstone or Marker for US Veteran made on Jan 22, 1949 by his father; WWII casualty list
(submitted by VeraMarie)
Alton Jewel Bertels joined the US Marine Corps on Feb 21, 1938. He had attained the rank of Sergeant and was a guard at the US Embassy in Peking when he was ordered to surrender to the Japanese on Dec 8, 1941. He interned in the POW camp at Kiangwan, China. He died there on Mar 23, 1945 from pulmonary TB. His body was cremated. He received the Prisoner of War medal posthumously.

Sources: togetherweserved.com, northchinamarines.com, Application for Headstone or Marker for US Veteran made on Jan 22, 1949 by his father; WWII casualty list
(submitted by VeraMarie)

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