| Birth: | 1918
Cleveland
Cuyahoga County
Ohio, USA | | Death: | Dec. 15, 1944 | 
Pvt. Bernard W. Johnson joined the 192nd Tank Battalion from the 753rd Tank Battalion. He was assigned to B Company. He took part in some of the first tank battles of World War II involving American tanks. He became a Prisoner of War when Bataan was surrendered to the Japanese.
As a POW he was held at Camp O'Donnell, Cabanatuan, and Bilibid Prison. He died when the Japanese "Hell Ship" he was on, the Oryoku Maru, was attacked and sunk by American planes in the Lingayen Gulf off Luzon.
For more information, go to:
Proviso East High School Bataan Commemorative Research Project
Note: Entered the service from Ohio. | | | Burial:
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Manila
Metro Manila
National Capital, Philippines |
Maintained by: JimO
Originally Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 08, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56765316 |
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