William's father died when he was 8 and his mother a few years later when he was 14. At age 9 he was taken from his home and put in an orphanage. Later his Uncle Ollie Slee took custody of him and raised him and his two other siblings in Keokuk, Iowa. He joined the army in March of 1941 and died a year later in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines. He was a Private First Class with the 27th Material Squadron 27th Air Base Group of the Air Corps when he died.
From the Fort Madison Daily Democrat on September 24, 2018: "This year's ceremony honored William Slee, who survived the Bataan Death March in April 1942, only to die in a Japanese prison camp a few months later on July 17."
"Slee was born in Quincy, Ill., in 1920. As an orphan, he spent most of his teen years at the Chaddock School in Quincy before coming to live with relatives in Keokuk.
In 1949, his body was recovered and laid to rest in Keokuk's Sunset Memorial Park.
Three other Keokuk citizens participated in the Bataan Death March, in which captured American and Filipino prisoners were forced to walk 80 miles on foot in jungle heat without food or water." ....Celia Malm MVM Correspondent
Contributor: Barbara (48536602) • [email protected]
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From the Fort Madison Daily Democrat on September 24, 2018: "This year's ceremony honored William Slee, who survived the Bataan Death March in April 1942, only to die in a Japanese prison camp a few months later on July 17."
"Slee was born in Quincy, Ill., in 1920. As an orphan, he spent most of his teen years at the Chaddock School in Quincy before coming to live with relatives in Keokuk.
In 1949, his body was recovered and laid to rest in Keokuk's Sunset Memorial Park.
Three other Keokuk citizens participated in the Bataan Death March, in which captured American and Filipino prisoners were forced to walk 80 miles on foot in jungle heat without food or water." ....Celia Malm MVM Correspondent
Contributor: Barbara (48536602) • [email protected]
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William's father died when he was 8 and his mother a few years later when he was 14. At age 9 he was taken from his home and put in an orphanage. Later his Uncle Ollie Slee took custody of him and raised him and his two other siblings in Keokuk, Iowa. He joined the army in March of 1941 and died a year later in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines. He was a Private First Class with the 27th Material Squadron 27th Air Base Group of the Air Corps when he died.
From the Fort Madison Daily Democrat on September 24, 2018: "This year's ceremony honored William Slee, who survived the Bataan Death March in April 1942, only to die in a Japanese prison camp a few months later on July 17."
"Slee was born in Quincy, Ill., in 1920. As an orphan, he spent most of his teen years at the Chaddock School in Quincy before coming to live with relatives in Keokuk.
In 1949, his body was recovered and laid to rest in Keokuk's Sunset Memorial Park.
Three other Keokuk citizens participated in the Bataan Death March, in which captured American and Filipino prisoners were forced to walk 80 miles on foot in jungle heat without food or water." ....Celia Malm MVM Correspondent
Contributor: Barbara (48536602) • [email protected]
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From the Fort Madison Daily Democrat on September 24, 2018: "This year's ceremony honored William Slee, who survived the Bataan Death March in April 1942, only to die in a Japanese prison camp a few months later on July 17."
"Slee was born in Quincy, Ill., in 1920. As an orphan, he spent most of his teen years at the Chaddock School in Quincy before coming to live with relatives in Keokuk.
In 1949, his body was recovered and laid to rest in Keokuk's Sunset Memorial Park.
Three other Keokuk citizens participated in the Bataan Death March, in which captured American and Filipino prisoners were forced to walk 80 miles on foot in jungle heat without food or water." ....Celia Malm MVM Correspondent
Contributor: Barbara (48536602) • [email protected]
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