Victor L. Christensen (24 Minnesota) in found 1940 United States Federal Census (02 April 1940) for Post of Quarry Heights, Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (sheet 2A, line 23). He was a Private in the U.S. Army. Victor had completed 3 years of high school.
Victor L. Christensen (1916 Minnesota) a resident of Lincoln County, Minnesota, re-enlisted as a Private (S/N 6863970) in the U.S. Army on 23 August 1940 in New York City, New York. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been in the "Skilled occupations in production of beverages". He had been an enlisted man within 3 months of discharge.
Private Christensen was sent to the Philippine Islands and assigned to the 808th Military Police Company. The 808th Military Police Company was one of the rare racially integrated units in the United States Army, with Americans and Filipinos serving side by side. The 808th, which had only 69 men in July of 1941, had its numbers increased to 160 by November 30th of that year.
War with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941. Their first mission after the war began was directing the dense traffic jams of retreating soldiers and refugees into the Bataan Peninsula. The 808th then became part of the Bataan Defense Force. Victor was attached to Company A, 31st Infantry.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Victor was among the 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers that were surrendered on Bataan on 09 April 1942. They were marched under horrific conditions to the town of San Fernando in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The prisoners were then crowded into boxcars and taken to Camp O'Donnell located at Capas, in North Central Luzon. Surviving the brutal treatment by the Japanese there, (about 1,500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O'Donnell in just three months) Victor Christensen was moved to the Cabanatuan POW Camp, approximately 8 kilometers west of the town by the same name.
The first part of June 1942, prisoners from Camp O'Donnell began to stream into Camp #1, joining the men from Corregidor and increasing the number of prisoners to over 7,300 men. Because of the poor health of the men from O'Donnell, the death rate at Camp #1 soared.
Private Victor L. Christensen, of Bldg. 67, Group #3, died at 11:00 am on 08 June 1942, of malaria, a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW Camp # 1. He was one of 18 men to die that day – in all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war his remains were brought (between December 1945-February 1946) to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 11, Grave 1367 (D-D 4403). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Margaret Christensen), Private First Class Victor Laurence Christensen was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot L, Row 2, Grave 62.
He has a cenotaph in Saint Dionysius Cemetery, Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota
Victor L. Christensen (1916 Minnesota) a resident of Lincoln County, Minnesota, re-enlisted as a Private (S/N 6863970) in the U.S. Army on 23 August 1940 in New York City, New York. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been in the "Skilled occupations in production of beverages". He had been an enlisted man within 3 months of discharge.
Private Christensen was sent to the Philippine Islands and assigned to the 808th Military Police Company. The 808th Military Police Company was one of the rare racially integrated units in the United States Army, with Americans and Filipinos serving side by side. The 808th, which had only 69 men in July of 1941, had its numbers increased to 160 by November 30th of that year.
War with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941. Their first mission after the war began was directing the dense traffic jams of retreating soldiers and refugees into the Bataan Peninsula. The 808th then became part of the Bataan Defense Force. Victor was attached to Company A, 31st Infantry.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Victor was among the 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers that were surrendered on Bataan on 09 April 1942. They were marched under horrific conditions to the town of San Fernando in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The prisoners were then crowded into boxcars and taken to Camp O'Donnell located at Capas, in North Central Luzon. Surviving the brutal treatment by the Japanese there, (about 1,500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O'Donnell in just three months) Victor Christensen was moved to the Cabanatuan POW Camp, approximately 8 kilometers west of the town by the same name.
The first part of June 1942, prisoners from Camp O'Donnell began to stream into Camp #1, joining the men from Corregidor and increasing the number of prisoners to over 7,300 men. Because of the poor health of the men from O'Donnell, the death rate at Camp #1 soared.
Private Victor L. Christensen, of Bldg. 67, Group #3, died at 11:00 am on 08 June 1942, of malaria, a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW Camp # 1. He was one of 18 men to die that day – in all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war his remains were brought (between December 1945-February 1946) to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 11, Grave 1367 (D-D 4403). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Margaret Christensen), Private First Class Victor Laurence Christensen was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot L, Row 2, Grave 62.
He has a cenotaph in Saint Dionysius Cemetery, Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota
Victor L. Christensen (24 Minnesota) in found 1940 United States Federal Census (02 April 1940) for Post of Quarry Heights, Balboa, Panama Canal Zone (sheet 2A, line 23). He was a Private in the U.S. Army. Victor had completed 3 years of high school.
Victor L. Christensen (1916 Minnesota) a resident of Lincoln County, Minnesota, re-enlisted as a Private (S/N 6863970) in the U.S. Army on 23 August 1940 in New York City, New York. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been in the "Skilled occupations in production of beverages". He had been an enlisted man within 3 months of discharge.
Private Christensen was sent to the Philippine Islands and assigned to the 808th Military Police Company. The 808th Military Police Company was one of the rare racially integrated units in the United States Army, with Americans and Filipinos serving side by side. The 808th, which had only 69 men in July of 1941, had its numbers increased to 160 by November 30th of that year.
War with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941. Their first mission after the war began was directing the dense traffic jams of retreating soldiers and refugees into the Bataan Peninsula. The 808th then became part of the Bataan Defense Force. Victor was attached to Company A, 31st Infantry.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Victor was among the 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers that were surrendered on Bataan on 09 April 1942. They were marched under horrific conditions to the town of San Fernando in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The prisoners were then crowded into boxcars and taken to Camp O'Donnell located at Capas, in North Central Luzon. Surviving the brutal treatment by the Japanese there, (about 1,500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O'Donnell in just three months) Victor Christensen was moved to the Cabanatuan POW Camp, approximately 8 kilometers west of the town by the same name.
The first part of June 1942, prisoners from Camp O'Donnell began to stream into Camp #1, joining the men from Corregidor and increasing the number of prisoners to over 7,300 men. Because of the poor health of the men from O'Donnell, the death rate at Camp #1 soared.
Private Victor L. Christensen, of Bldg. 67, Group #3, died at 11:00 am on 08 June 1942, of malaria, a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW Camp # 1. He was one of 18 men to die that day – in all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war his remains were brought (between December 1945-February 1946) to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 11, Grave 1367 (D-D 4403). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Margaret Christensen), Private First Class Victor Laurence Christensen was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot L, Row 2, Grave 62.
He has a cenotaph in Saint Dionysius Cemetery, Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota
Victor L. Christensen (1916 Minnesota) a resident of Lincoln County, Minnesota, re-enlisted as a Private (S/N 6863970) in the U.S. Army on 23 August 1940 in New York City, New York. He was single, had completed 3 years of high school and had been in the "Skilled occupations in production of beverages". He had been an enlisted man within 3 months of discharge.
Private Christensen was sent to the Philippine Islands and assigned to the 808th Military Police Company. The 808th Military Police Company was one of the rare racially integrated units in the United States Army, with Americans and Filipinos serving side by side. The 808th, which had only 69 men in July of 1941, had its numbers increased to 160 by November 30th of that year.
War with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941. Their first mission after the war began was directing the dense traffic jams of retreating soldiers and refugees into the Bataan Peninsula. The 808th then became part of the Bataan Defense Force. Victor was attached to Company A, 31st Infantry.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Victor was among the 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers that were surrendered on Bataan on 09 April 1942. They were marched under horrific conditions to the town of San Fernando in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The prisoners were then crowded into boxcars and taken to Camp O'Donnell located at Capas, in North Central Luzon. Surviving the brutal treatment by the Japanese there, (about 1,500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O'Donnell in just three months) Victor Christensen was moved to the Cabanatuan POW Camp, approximately 8 kilometers west of the town by the same name.
The first part of June 1942, prisoners from Camp O'Donnell began to stream into Camp #1, joining the men from Corregidor and increasing the number of prisoners to over 7,300 men. Because of the poor health of the men from O'Donnell, the death rate at Camp #1 soared.
Private Victor L. Christensen, of Bldg. 67, Group #3, died at 11:00 am on 08 June 1942, of malaria, a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW Camp # 1. He was one of 18 men to die that day – in all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated in early 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war his remains were brought (between December 1945-February 1946) to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 11, Grave 1367 (D-D 4403). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (mother, Mrs. Margaret Christensen), Private First Class Victor Laurence Christensen was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot L, Row 2, Grave 62.
He has a cenotaph in Saint Dionysius Cemetery, Tyler, Lincoln County, Minnesota
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