Melbourne Maru
14 January 1945 – 23 January 1945
POWs sailed to Formosa on the Hokusen Maru
Pvt. Manuel Gutierrez Nevarez was born on May 12, 1918, in Durango, Mexico to Alfredo and Alejandra Nevarez. He was the oldest of six children,
Sgt. John Walter Wood Jr. was the son of John W. Wood Sr. and Bridget Dunlavey-Wood and was born on March 11, 1914, in Milton,
Cpl. Willard Garland Glass was born on December 22, 1921, in Pelyton, Kentucky, to William L. Glass and Exie M. Hall-Glass. With his two sisters
Cpl. William Sherman Allen was born on August 8, 1918, in Union Star, Missouri, to William E. Allen and Margaret Heard-Allen, and he had two
PFC Harold Carl Becker on April 23, 1917, in Chicago, Illinois, to Henry and Adeline Becker. With his two sisters and five brothers, one of
Pvt. Harold Richard Beggs was the son of Carl L. Beggs and Lydia M. Ohlinger-Beggs and was born on September 26, 1920, in Port Clinton,
PFC Patrick Francis Boone was born on November 19, 1916, in Grayson County, Kentucky, to Frank Boone and Mary Ann Lush-Boone. With his three sisters
Cpl. Wade W. Chio was the son of Joseph Chio and Goldie Bodi-Chio and born on May 30, 1919, on the Howard Farms near Bond,
PFC Aaron Arnold Combs was born on July 1, 1919, in Bloomfield, Indiana, to Homer Combs and Grace Quillen-Combs, and with his sister and two
Cpl. Albert Herman Cornils was born on September 15, 1916, in Downers Grove, Illinois, to Herman Cornils and Eva Bolsby-Cornils. With his brother, he lived
Pvt. Earl Terrance Covyeow was born on October 15, 1913, in Minneapolis, Minnesota to John Covyeow and Florence J. Ferrin-Covyeow. His mother died on October
Cpl. George Emery Dravo was born on June 6, 1920, in Chicago Ridge, Illinois, to Eugene Dravo and Catherine Kreton-Dravo. His parents divorced in the
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