Bruce enlisted in the U.S. Army during the winter of 1930 at Fort Missoula, Montana.
Bruce F. Alexander (19 New York) appears in the 1930 United States Federal Census (03 April 1930) for Fort Missoula Military Reservation, Cold Springs, Missoula County, Montana (sheet 2B, line 81). He was a Private in the U.S. Army.
He served two years in China. Bruce F. Alexander, of Lamoille County, Vermont, reenlisted in the U.S. Army (S/N 6544700) on 23 April 1940 in Homerville, Georgia.
Bruce F. Alexander (29 New York) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (14 April 1940) for Camp Billis, Bexar County, Texas (sheet 16A, line 26). He was a soldier with Company F, 38th Infantry, U.S. Army. Bruce had lived in Fort Douglas, Salt Lake, Utah in 1935. He had completed 8th grade.
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines in 1940 and assigned to Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. They became part of the Bataan Defense Force when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Bruce F. Alexander and most other survivors of the 31st Infantry were surrendered with the rest of the Luzon Force on 09 April 1942. Practically all members of the 31st Infantry entered captivity malnourished and sick. POW Alexander endured the Bataan Death March and was sent to Camp O'Donnell where he survived horrible conditions. He then was sent on to Cabanatuan POW Camp #1 just outside the town of Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Central Luzon, Philippines.
He was stricken with pellagra on 23 September 1942. Corporal Bruce F. Alexander died at 1700 hours on 12 November 1942, of the disease, a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW Camp #1. He was the 107th prisoner to died in the first 13 days of November.
He was buried in a common grave in the prison camp cemetery. After the war his remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 3, Grave 313 (D-D 2965). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (sister, Miss Grace W. Alexander), Corporal Bruce F. Alexander was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot C, Row 8, Grave 88.
He was one of 61 men from his Company (A) that died in captivity. In all 1155 men from the 31st Infantry Regiment died in captivity, roughly half of the regiment's strength on the day the war began.
Bruce F. Alexander (19 New York) appears in the 1930 United States Federal Census (03 April 1930) for Fort Missoula Military Reservation, Cold Springs, Missoula County, Montana (sheet 2B, line 81). He was a Private in the U.S. Army.
He served two years in China. Bruce F. Alexander, of Lamoille County, Vermont, reenlisted in the U.S. Army (S/N 6544700) on 23 April 1940 in Homerville, Georgia.
Bruce F. Alexander (29 New York) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (14 April 1940) for Camp Billis, Bexar County, Texas (sheet 16A, line 26). He was a soldier with Company F, 38th Infantry, U.S. Army. Bruce had lived in Fort Douglas, Salt Lake, Utah in 1935. He had completed 8th grade.
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines in 1940 and assigned to Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. They became part of the Bataan Defense Force when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Bruce F. Alexander and most other survivors of the 31st Infantry were surrendered with the rest of the Luzon Force on 09 April 1942. Practically all members of the 31st Infantry entered captivity malnourished and sick. POW Alexander endured the Bataan Death March and was sent to Camp O'Donnell where he survived horrible conditions. He then was sent on to Cabanatuan POW Camp #1 just outside the town of Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Central Luzon, Philippines.
He was stricken with pellagra on 23 September 1942. Corporal Bruce F. Alexander died at 1700 hours on 12 November 1942, of the disease, a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW Camp #1. He was the 107th prisoner to died in the first 13 days of November.
He was buried in a common grave in the prison camp cemetery. After the war his remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 3, Grave 313 (D-D 2965). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (sister, Miss Grace W. Alexander), Corporal Bruce F. Alexander was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot C, Row 8, Grave 88.
He was one of 61 men from his Company (A) that died in captivity. In all 1155 men from the 31st Infantry Regiment died in captivity, roughly half of the regiment's strength on the day the war began.
Bruce enlisted in the U.S. Army during the winter of 1930 at Fort Missoula, Montana.
Bruce F. Alexander (19 New York) appears in the 1930 United States Federal Census (03 April 1930) for Fort Missoula Military Reservation, Cold Springs, Missoula County, Montana (sheet 2B, line 81). He was a Private in the U.S. Army.
He served two years in China. Bruce F. Alexander, of Lamoille County, Vermont, reenlisted in the U.S. Army (S/N 6544700) on 23 April 1940 in Homerville, Georgia.
Bruce F. Alexander (29 New York) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (14 April 1940) for Camp Billis, Bexar County, Texas (sheet 16A, line 26). He was a soldier with Company F, 38th Infantry, U.S. Army. Bruce had lived in Fort Douglas, Salt Lake, Utah in 1935. He had completed 8th grade.
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines in 1940 and assigned to Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. They became part of the Bataan Defense Force when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Bruce F. Alexander and most other survivors of the 31st Infantry were surrendered with the rest of the Luzon Force on 09 April 1942. Practically all members of the 31st Infantry entered captivity malnourished and sick. POW Alexander endured the Bataan Death March and was sent to Camp O'Donnell where he survived horrible conditions. He then was sent on to Cabanatuan POW Camp #1 just outside the town of Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Central Luzon, Philippines.
He was stricken with pellagra on 23 September 1942. Corporal Bruce F. Alexander died at 1700 hours on 12 November 1942, of the disease, a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW Camp #1. He was the 107th prisoner to died in the first 13 days of November.
He was buried in a common grave in the prison camp cemetery. After the war his remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 3, Grave 313 (D-D 2965). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (sister, Miss Grace W. Alexander), Corporal Bruce F. Alexander was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot C, Row 8, Grave 88.
He was one of 61 men from his Company (A) that died in captivity. In all 1155 men from the 31st Infantry Regiment died in captivity, roughly half of the regiment's strength on the day the war began.
Bruce F. Alexander (19 New York) appears in the 1930 United States Federal Census (03 April 1930) for Fort Missoula Military Reservation, Cold Springs, Missoula County, Montana (sheet 2B, line 81). He was a Private in the U.S. Army.
He served two years in China. Bruce F. Alexander, of Lamoille County, Vermont, reenlisted in the U.S. Army (S/N 6544700) on 23 April 1940 in Homerville, Georgia.
Bruce F. Alexander (29 New York) is found in the 1940 United States Federal Census (14 April 1940) for Camp Billis, Bexar County, Texas (sheet 16A, line 26). He was a soldier with Company F, 38th Infantry, U.S. Army. Bruce had lived in Fort Douglas, Salt Lake, Utah in 1935. He had completed 8th grade.
With the possibility of war looming he was sent to the Philippines in 1940 and assigned to Company A, 31st Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army. They became part of the Bataan Defense Force when war with Japan broke out on 08 December 1941.
After enduring four months of combat, hunger, and illness, Bruce F. Alexander and most other survivors of the 31st Infantry were surrendered with the rest of the Luzon Force on 09 April 1942. Practically all members of the 31st Infantry entered captivity malnourished and sick. POW Alexander endured the Bataan Death March and was sent to Camp O'Donnell where he survived horrible conditions. He then was sent on to Cabanatuan POW Camp #1 just outside the town of Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija Province, Central Luzon, Philippines.
He was stricken with pellagra on 23 September 1942. Corporal Bruce F. Alexander died at 1700 hours on 12 November 1942, of the disease, a prisoner of the Japanese at Cabanatuan POW Camp #1. He was the 107th prisoner to died in the first 13 days of November.
He was buried in a common grave in the prison camp cemetery. After the war his remains were brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands – Block 3, Row 3, Grave 313 (D-D 2965). The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948. From there, according to the wishes of his next of kin (sister, Miss Grace W. Alexander), Corporal Bruce F. Alexander was buried in his final resting place in the 7701 Ft. McKinley Cemetery (now known as the Manila American Cemetery) – Plot C, Row 8, Grave 88.
He was one of 61 men from his Company (A) that died in captivity. In all 1155 men from the 31st Infantry Regiment died in captivity, roughly half of the regiment's strength on the day the war began.
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