Vernon County WI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Baldon, Fay And Ray 
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Cemetery:           Billings Creek
Name:               Fay And Ray Baldon

Date Of Photograph: September 4, 2005
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Ray and Fay Baldon

Ray: May 6, 1919-May 7, 1942

Fay: May 6, 1919-Oct 24, 1944

Heroes of Bataan, Co A, 192 Tank


Additional Comments:
NOTES:Sons of Ozro Sr. and Mabel (Parrish) Boldon
Grandsons of William Riley Parrish and Mary Ellen Price Parrish
Grandsons of William H Baldon and Samantha Stretsberry

FAY: POWS on Bataan were being transported to Japan.  Fay and the other POWs 
were loaded onto the Arisan Maru.  The ship sailed  October 11th, and came 
under attack by American fighters.  For 12 days, the POWs remained in the hold 
of the ship. On the 23rd of October, 1944 the Arisan Maru joined a group of 
ships heading to Formosa. The 24th , this convoy was attacked by American 
submarines.  The Arisan Maru was destroyed. Fay died at sea.  His body was 
never recovered.

Ray: Ray participated in the Bataan death march.  Starting at Mariveles at the 
southern end of Bataan, he marched his way to Camp O'Donnell.  While Ray was on 
this work detail, he became ill from dysentery.  He returned to Camp O'Donnell, 
where he died on May 7, 1942. After the war, his remains were reburied at the 
American Military Cemetery outside of Manila.


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