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Col Eugene T Lewis

Birth: Sep. 11, 1904
Death: Jan. 31, 1945

Col. Eugene T. Lewis was held as a POW in the Philippine Islands. In December 1944, he was boarded onto the Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. The ship sailed on December 13th and came under attack from American planes on December 14th. As evening approached, the attack was called off. The next day the planes returned and continued the attack. When the pilots saw the large number of men climbing from the ship’s holds, they realized the ship was carrying POWs and called off the attack. After the POWs were off the ship, the attack resumed and the ship was sunk by American planes at Subic Bay, Philippine Islands, on December 15, 1944. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Enoura Maru which sailed on December 27th and reached Takao, Formosa, by the New Year. While docked it was bombed by American planes on January 9, 1945, killing many of the POWs. On January 12th, the dead were removed from the ship’s holds and buried in a mass grave on Formosa. The surviving POWs were boarded onto the Brazil Maru which sailed on January 13th and reached Japan on January 29, 1945. He died at Kobe Military Hospital in Japan.


Note: Entered the service from Mississippi.

Burial:
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
Manila
Metro Manila
National Capital Region, Philippines
Plot: Plot B Row 5 Grave 140

Created by: CWGC/ABMC
Record added: Aug 08, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 56789417
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First Name: Eugene

Last Name: Lewis

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Gender:

Branch: Army (1784 - present)



Home of Record: MS
Middle Name: T.



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Date of Death: 31 January 1945

Rank: Colonel

Years Served:
Eugene T. Lewis


Engagements:
• World War II (1941 - 1945)

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Honoree ID: 147897 Created by: MHOH