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PFC Ancel Edgar Crick
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PFC Ancel Edgar Crick

Birth
Whitley County, Kentucky, USA
Death
24 Oct 1944 (aged 27)
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines
Plot
Walls of the Missing
Memorial ID
56759694 View Source
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Son of Sam and Zetta Mae Smith Crick. As a member of D Company, 192nd Tank Battalion, he was stationed near Clark Airfield in the Philippines when it was attacked by the Japanese on 8 December 1941. He was taken prisoner on Bataan on 9 April 1942 and survived the infamous Bataan Death March, only to die when the Japanese prison ship Arisan Maru was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by an American submarine.

Son of Sam and Zetta Mae Smith Crick. As a member of D Company, 192nd Tank Battalion, he was stationed near Clark Airfield in the Philippines when it was attacked by the Japanese on 8 December 1941. He was taken prisoner on Bataan on 9 April 1942 and survived the infamous Bataan Death March, only to die when the Japanese prison ship Arisan Maru was torpedoed and sunk in the South China Sea by an American submarine.

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His body was lost at sea.

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  • Maintained by: Eric Ackerman
  • Originally Created by: War Graves
  • Added: 8 Aug 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 56759694
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56759694/ancel-edgar-crick: accessed ), memorial page for PFC Ancel Edgar Crick (23 Jul 1917–24 Oct 1944), Find a Grave Memorial ID 56759694, citing Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines; Maintained by Eric Ackerman (contributor 48445240).