Source- "Making of a Community: A history of Jerauld County to 1980" book

After graduating from college, Wallace joined the Army Air Corps and trained in several air fields in the United States with all kinds of planes. Prior to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he joined the AF 28th Bomber Squadron. Stationed at Clark Field in the Philippines, he was wounded during the initial attack by the Japanese. After hospitalization and recovery, he was transferred to ground forces. At this time he was under the command of General Sharp in Mindanao, P.I. When Mindanao fell, he was imprisoned by the Japanese at Camp Davao. In 1944 the Japanese began moving the prisoners of war to Japan. Wallace was on an unmarked ship August 20, 1944 along with 800 other POW's. American submarines thinking the ship carried escaping Japanese bombed and sank it. Only 76 prisoners escaped. Wallace was not one of them. Over the several years Wallace was held prisoner only two postcards were received from him and these were nearly two years apart. Ten words were allowed in the messages he sent.

Lt. Churchill appears Tablets of the Missing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial Manila National Capital, Philippines. His memorial Mountain View Cemetery Oakland Alameda County California is a cenotaph his body was never recovered.

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USAAF WORLD WAR II
2nd/Lt. Wallace F. Churchill POW MIS/Lost
Hometown: Nebraska
14th Bomber Squadron, 19th Bomber Group, Heavy
Service #0-411938
Awards: Purple Heart

Mission Date: 7-Sep-44
Location: Philippines
Cause: Friendly fire, killed by Japanese guards or drowning.

Shinyo Maru was a Japanese cargo steamer during the Second World War. She was one of the hell ships, used to transport prisoners of war. Shinyo Maru was sunk 7 September 1944 near Liley, Sindangan, Province, Mindanao Philippines by the USS Paddle, SS 263. There were approximately 750 American prisoners of war aboard. Some Japanese guards shot prisoners as they struggled from the holds or were in the water; 688 died when the ship sank, leaving only 82 survivors.

http://www.submarinesailor.com/history
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Allied Prisoners of War believed lost aboard Shinyo Maru when torpedoed and sunk 7 September 1944 by the USS Paddle, SS 263, near Liley, Sindangan, Province, Mindanao Philippines.

Corp William W. Akloff
Corporal Merlin D. Algoe
Captain Joe H. Allen
Pfc. William M. Allred
Corp. Abel Anaya
Tec5 Robert D. Andalora
Gerald W. Anderson
Harold B. Anderson
Richard H. Anderson
Lewis G. Andrews
Frank A. Ansley
Lewis G Andrews
Edward E. Apgar
Fred O. Applegarth
Anselmo Arellano
Carl Arenz
Eric Jl Armstrong
Travis Bee Arney
Altus L. Arnold
Donald C. Arp
Herbert Arthun
Robert J. Ashdown
Robert J. Ashdown
G. D. Ashton
John Avila
Virgil E. Bailes
Glenn E. Bailey
Harold C. Bailey
Vincent L. Bailey
Vincent L. Bailey
Herbert E. Baker
Fernis R. Balcom
Napoleon R. Baldonado
Weston D. Balfour
William M. Ball
Ted A. Ballard
William J. Balsley
Charles E. Bancroft
Charles E. Bancroft
Kenneth A. Bandy
Kenneth A. Bandy
Olin E. Barkdull
Ray E. Billick
George R. Bradshaw
Alan Brenner
James R. Bromeyer
George R. Brown
Paul T. Brown
Roy A. Brown
Sanford R. Burks
Reginald Burrola
Harry E. Byrum Jr.
Orlando E. Caffola
James R. Cain
Melvin Caldwell
Benjamin Cancinas
Hilbert B. Caplan
Hilbert B. Caplan
John W. Carmichael Jr.
Harold L. Carpenter
William P. Cass
William P. Cass
William P. Cass
Norman R. Caswell
John E. Cavan
Lyle B. Cawthon
Lyle B. Cawthon
Ray H. Cawthon
Ray H. Cawthon
Leon E. Chabot
Leon E. Chabot
Albert F. Chase
Eldon T. Chastain
Adolfo Chavez Jr.
Maxey C. Chenault
Joseph G. Chenoweth
Robert E. Chesher
Victor L. Chirnside
Edwin L. Christensen
Leroy E. Christensen
William E. Church
Wallace F. Churchill
Wallace F. Churchill
Russell Cirrito
Russell Cirrito
Walter H. Mcfarland Jr.