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William Charles Batchelor JR.

Last Name: `
BATCHELOR
First Name Middle Initial:
WILLIAM CHARLES
Nick Name:
Street:  614 E 29 ST City & State: BRYAN, WA E-Mail: 
Zip: TX 77803 Phone:  Spouse:
Conflict: WWII Service Branch: 12 AF 95 BS 17 BG Unit: Navy USS Houston
Theater: ETO Where Captured: JAVA Date Captured: 03/1/42
Camps Held In: Serang Jail, Changi, Bicycle Camp, Burma Railroad Of Death. How Long Interned: days
liberated / repatriated: Date Liberated: Died Age at Capture: 21
Medals Received: PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE DEFENSE MEDAL, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
Military Job: Navy, USS Houston Company: Died in Prison Camp
Occupation after War: 



Military Bio:

William Batchelor survived many things during the war including the sinking of the USS Houston (CA 30) in which 700 crew members died. He was captured in Java, while he worked he was beaten and starved by his Japanese captors until he died at the age of 23 in the 80 Kilo Camp in the mountains of Burma on the infamous Death Railroad. Mr. Batchelor was a graduate of Fork Union Military Academy. He his interned at the National Arlington Cemetery.



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