Pvt. Hugh E. Wellman was one of four POWs who were executed by the Japanese after escaping from Cabanatuan #3 and being recaptured. The men were made to dig their own graves and stand in them. They were then shot and buried. The other POWs, in the camp, had to watch their execution. After the war, his remains were returned home.
Sgt, Hugh E. Wellman, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Wellman of Huntington, was buried in the Wellman Cemetery at Fort Gay, last Sunday, following funeral services at Reger Chapel. Sgt. Wellman was executed by the Japanese in May 1942, during the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. In addition to the parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Samuel E. Haworth of Huntington and Miss Betty Wellman at home; two brothers, Paul and Joe at home.
Big Sandy News, August 4, 1949
Source: http://www.lckghs.com/obituaries/obit_1949.html
Sgt, Hugh E. Wellman, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Wellman of Huntington, was buried in the Wellman Cemetery at Fort Gay, last Sunday, following funeral services at Reger Chapel. Sgt. Wellman was executed by the Japanese in May 1942, during the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. In addition to the parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Samuel E. Haworth of Huntington and Miss Betty Wellman at home; two brothers, Paul and Joe at home.
Big Sandy News, August 4, 1949
Source: http://www.lckghs.com/obituaries/obit_1949.html
Pvt. Hugh E. Wellman was one of four POWs who were executed by the Japanese after escaping from Cabanatuan #3 and being recaptured. The men were made to dig their own graves and stand in them. They were then shot and buried. The other POWs, in the camp, had to watch their execution. After the war, his remains were returned home.
Sgt, Hugh E. Wellman, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Wellman of Huntington, was buried in the Wellman Cemetery at Fort Gay, last Sunday, following funeral services at Reger Chapel. Sgt. Wellman was executed by the Japanese in May 1942, during the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. In addition to the parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Samuel E. Haworth of Huntington and Miss Betty Wellman at home; two brothers, Paul and Joe at home.
Big Sandy News, August 4, 1949
Source: http://www.lckghs.com/obituaries/obit_1949.html
Sgt, Hugh E. Wellman, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. B. Wellman of Huntington, was buried in the Wellman Cemetery at Fort Gay, last Sunday, following funeral services at Reger Chapel. Sgt. Wellman was executed by the Japanese in May 1942, during the Bataan Death March in the Philippines. In addition to the parents, he is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Samuel E. Haworth of Huntington and Miss Betty Wellman at home; two brothers, Paul and Joe at home.
Big Sandy News, August 4, 1949
Source: http://www.lckghs.com/obituaries/obit_1949.html
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