Omine Machi (Sanyo)
Hiroshima Branch #6
American Rescue Roster (288)

Hir-06-Main     British Rescue Roster
Source: NARA RG 407 Box 102 & 103; Mansell Group NARA 9.
In addition, compiled lists were supplied by Ed DeGroot & Proviso School Bataan Project and now correlated with rosters found at NARA.
Note: The first American POW at the camp was given #201 (Signorelli). He arrived on March 24, 1944. POWs with # 202 - 457 left Mainila on July 1, 1944, on the Canadian Inventor II.
POWs with # 458 - 507 arrived on September 11, 1944 ex Noto Maru. 11 POWs were transferred to another camp on Dec. 4, 1944. (One died.) Six Americans died at Omine Mache. All the remaining Americans and 185 English POWs left the camp on September 15, 1945.
Deceased (9) noted in BOLD RED

Name, Rank, ASN, Unit, POW #, Date of Death (yy.mm.dd), Cause
Adair, Don P.,PFC,18011939,20 ABG 27 Mat,302
Albin, Russell M.,T SGT,6247467,FEAF Hq,208
Alford, William C.,T SGT,20523436,192nd Tank C,209
Allmon, Ernest M.,PFC,18033908,60th E,303
Amirant, Raymond J,PFC,283346,4th F,
Anderson, Edward C,PFC,6913803,27 BG (L) Hq,305
Ary, Eugene O.,PVT,17007366,Ft Mills QMC,368
Babler, Edmond J.,CPL,269434,4th M,475 [wrote book: "1220 Days"]
Bailey, Joseph E.,CPL,19056698,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,262
Bailey, Marvin,SGT,20843810,515th F,232
Bailey, Roy O.,PFC,17019465,60th B,306
Baker, Roger Darl,PFC,297120,4th I ,459
Baker, Sanford G.,T SGT,6577821,59th D,210
Baldwin, Robert Delaney "Bob",PFC,38012421,200th Band,307
Balls, Odell K. Jr,SGT,6971554,27 BG (L) 48 Mat,233
Barrett, Charles D.,PVT,18049883,59th F,370
Beck, Raymond M,PVT,13023125,AWS Sig PD,371
Belflower, Jesse D.,PFC,18015249,60th E,308
Benson, John Nichols,EM3c,3859024,USS Quail,467
Bernstein, Hyman,SGT,6905823,24 Purs Gp 17 Purs Sqn,234
Bilyeu, Dick,PVT,17023851,59th I,372
Bird, James A.,PFC,20600375,192nd Tank B,373
Black, Herbert T.,PFC,14054181,745th Ord Co (Avn),309
Blaylock, Thomas Edwin,PVT,18029938,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,374
Boyd, Herbert Lee,PVT,19028949,19 BG (H) 93 BS,375
Boyle, Albert W.,PFC,19054939,31st Inf A,311
Brodsky, Theodore,PVT,13005699,Phil Dept Fin Hq, 45.05.22, Injuries from crushing inside mine
Brown, Earl W.,PFC,32036260,803rd Eng Hq,312
Brown, Frank L.,PVT,18029853,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,
Bruce, Tansell E.,PFC,35100635,192nd Tank D,313
Burkett, Jasper Houston,CPL,18021441,19 BG (H) Hq,263
Bush, Gordon T.,PFC,19036230,19 BG (H) 93 BS,314
Carpenter, Emil,PFC,16017862,60th E,315
Carson, Frederick R.,PFC,32048528,803rd Eng,316
Centek, Joseph,CPL,18015295,803rd Eng C,264
Chandler, Gayle M.,PVT,6936485,27 BG (L) 698 Ord,377
Chapuri, Antonio,PVT,19056933,59th H,378
Charland, William H,PVT,11014565,Phil Dept Hq,379
Chatham, Walter D. Jr.,CPL,6978827,24 Purs Gp Hq,265
Christ, Norman R.,CPL,13027143,USFIP Hq,266
Cochran, William R. Jr,PVT,38055524,515th Med Det,456
Cody, James H.,PFC,16041172,31st Inf,317
Collier, Morris S.,SSGT,20523472,192nd Tank D,214
Colvin, Paul D.,PVT,11016094,20 ABG 28 Mat,45.03.14, Acute bronchitis, Beri Beri & boil on gluteel
Conway, Glenn W.,PFC,17019810,60th B,318
Cook, James F.,PFC,14037843,60th M,319
Coombs, Donald Nelson,PVT,31044236,803rd Eng B,381
Cooper, Perry T,PFC,6262192,Phil Div Hq,320
Corley, John Kenneth,PFC,288849,4th E,501
Cowley, William F.,CPL,11011514,24 Purs Gp 20 Purs Sqn,267
Cox, John Wesley,PVT,19004308,60th Hq,369
Crago, John A.,PFC,15061414,17th Ord (Amd),321
Craigg, Thomas Arthur JR "Stoney",PFC,295526,4th Hq,482
Cross, John D. Jr.,CPL,13024571,59th H,268
Damos, George S.,PVT,15016390,17th Ord (Amd),382
De Groot, Edward Lewis,PVT,36201423,192nd Tank A,383
De Loche, Louis E.,SSGT,6787541,7th Chem (Avn),215, 45.02.26, Croup Pneumonia
DeCato, Ronald P.,CPL,11014134,24 Purs Gp 17 Purs Sqn,269
Delich, William,CPL,17016300,59th K,270
Dennis, Robert N.,PVT,6667173,27 BG (L) 2 Obs Sqn,384
Diaz, Gregory,PFC,19000818,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,322
Dillon, Lyall E.,CPL,19054542,24 Purs Gp Hq,271
Dishman, Floyd A.,PVT,33044934,7th Chem (Avn),385
Dixon, Richard H.,CPL,19056384,59th I,272
Dobyns, Paul A.,PVT,37006313,60th Hq,386
Domanski, James T,PFC,17014174,31st Inf L,323
Dominick, Hayne W. Jr.,PVT,13034990,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,
Doss. J.T.,PVT,34113298,803rd Eng,388
Dowdy, Charllie Winfred,Cox,2660703,USS Pigeon,
Dumond, Eston F,PFC,6572016,19 BG (H) Hq,468
Duncan, Louis E,,250049,4th 1 Bn Hq,324
Duran, David Justin "Barney",SSGT,20842702,200th A,216
Eagle, Edwin J.,PVT,36105093,200th 1 Bn Hq,389
Ellman, Samuel,PVT,12007301,31st Inf C,390
Etter, Frank Gabriel,PFC,278387,4th D,483
Evers, Charles R.,SGT,6937139,FEAF Hq,235
Fanning, Fred W.,PVT,19013425,20 ABG Hq,391
Faubion, Robert G.,PVT,15042224,17th Ord (Amd),392
Finkelstein, Leonard,PVT,12028245,228th Sig Opns,393
Fischer, Culver Lee,PFC,301158,4th 3 Bn Hq,481
Fisher, George Nicholas Jr,PFC,310265,4th 3 Bn Hq,484
Forloines, Franklin F.,PVT,13032418,19 BG (H) Hq,384
Foster, Ivan W.,SGT,6235170,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,273
Frenz, Richard J.,PVT,12023103,AWS Sig PD (attached 48th Mat),396
Gainous, John O.,PVT,34083704,91st QM Bn (LM),367
Garland, Thomas H.,PVT,35021097,192nd Tank B,396
Garner, Joseph A.,PVT,6952724,,397
George, Wayne S.,PVT,20943794,194th Tank Hq,398
Gerleman, Russell W.,SSGT,6920479,24 Purs Gp 20 Purs Sqn,217
Gertson, Eric B.,SSGT,6800967,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,218
Gilbertson, Homer A.,PFC,300281,4th H,485
Gleason, James Thomas,SGT,6881652,31st Inf,236
Gobble, Henry Albert "Hank",PFC,20842475,515th B,325
Godfrey, William R.,SSGT,14049145,27 BG (L) 454 Ord,219
Gonzales, Robert W.,CPL,18010449,24 Purs Gp 21 Purs Sqn,274
Goss, Travis L.,SSGT,6925086,27 BG (L) Hq,220
Greenman, Garald A.,PFC,19014233,17th Sig Platoon,326
Groat, James E.,PFC,16003830,59th B ex D,327
Grow, Bernard Lyon,PFC,17032817,59th,328,44.12.01, starvation
Grzybowski, Bernard R.,PVT,6983552,31st Inf G,399
Guyer, Oliver G.,PVT,19017352,745th Ord (Avn),400
Guyton, Benson,Capt,O&304723,60th D,203
Hadley, George,PFC,6638517,17th Ord (Amd) Prov Tank,329
Hall, Kenneth C.,PVT,6953088,60th Hq,401
Hall, William C.,CPL,19048800,59th D,275
Halvorsen, Leslie A.,PVT,16046184,31st Inf B,402
Hamby, Thornton E.,PFC,292436,4th M,486
Hampton, Elbert T.,PFC,14014946,27 BG (L) 48 Mat,330
Hampton, LeRoy E,SGT,6990425,5 ABG Hq,237
Harrington, Neil Joseph,SGT,20842585,200th 1 Bn Hq,239
Harris, Homer C.,PVT,14011854,27 BG (L) Hq,366
Harris, Joe V.,SGT,18000431,60th A,239
Hartman, Leslie E.,PVT,17028770,12th MP (PS),403
Hathorne, Walter William,PFC,269090,4th F,487
Hauser, William A.,PVT,20600406,192nd Tank B,404
Haynes, James R,PFC,306190,4th M,502
Hendrix, Earnest R.,SSGT,6399197,27 BG (L) Hq,221
Hibbard, James E.,PVT,19020961,59th C,405
Hirshberg, Howard Edward,CSM,2232964,USS Pillsbury,461, [Courts Marshall for treasonous activities]
Holliman, Earl S.,CPL,14049600,429th Sig Maint,276
Hollingsworth, Ralph M.,SGT,20700210,194th Tank A,240
Holyak, John,PVT,36105153,200th 1 Bn Hq,406
Hosler, James Chauncey,PFC,280024,4th H,489
Howdyshell, Lyle T.,CPL,13001450,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,277
Humphreys, Cyril G.,MSGT,6313357,59th,205
Hunn, Richard,SSGT,6561827,24 Purs Gp Hq,222
Imerman, Harold M.,Capt,O&303361,12th Med Regt (PS),204
Irwin, Dan C. [See Pinkston, Dan C, below; changed name post-war]
Irwin, Willard H.,CPL,6903251,60th 1 Bn,278
Ivy, Dorman E.,PVT,18029856,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,407
Jenson, Edwin A.,SGT,6822247,31st Inf K,241
Johnson, Virgil,PVT,7022789,31st Inf C,409
Jones, Harry S. Jr.,PFC,6578164,59th Hq,331
Jones, Robert H. Jr,SSGT,19017481,DEML Hq,223
Jones, Wilson Wayne,SSGT,20843572,515th Hq,224
Kay, Robert E.,SGT,6297777,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,242
Keenan, Ralph W.,SGT,6953959,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,243
Kelly, Robert J.,PVT,6933680,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,410
Kidd, Raymond R.,PFC,33049349,803rd Eng,332
Kiesov, Walter Charles,S SG,20843144,200th C,244
Kilgren, Jack A.,CPL,15061476,17th Ord (Amd),279
Kincaid, James E.,PVT,19015935,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,411
King, CLifton Earle,SC1c,2622929,,465
King, Denver Earle,PFC,15016412,17th Ord (Amd),412
Kinnear, Ralph E.,PFC,19056917,27 BG (L) 2 Obs Sqn,413
Kipps, Harold R.,WO JG,W2101187,I Phil Corps Hq,460
Kirby, Lewis H.,PVT,35001620,192nd Tank C,414
Kleeberg, Arthur,PFC,1047745,Ft Mills QMC,333
Knapp, Frank G.,CPL,20720301,194th Tank Hq,280
Kosma, John R. III,PFC,11019899,27 BG (L) 16 BS,334
La Fleur, George Noel,PFC,301370,4th H,488
Lang, William Joseph,PFC,276430,4th M,490
Lankford, Coy D.,PVT,14049030,31st Inf B,415
Lappin, Frederick B.,PFC,34043305,27 BG (L) 454 Ord,335
Latham, John Pershing,PFC,277784,4th E,491
Lawrence, Quentin A.,PFC,17014473,59th I,336
Le Clair, John H.,CPL,11011931,AWS Sig PD,301
Lee, Charles R.,PFC,291567,4th M,492
Lee, Harmon C.,PVT,34076308,803rd Eng Hq,416
Lee, Victor M.,PFC,6592690,17th Sigs Plat,337
Leehan, Edwin D.,PVT,6976808,20 ABG 28 Mat,417
Lerner, Morris L.,PVT,38030008,200th H,418
Lewellen, Walter D.,PFC,18043756,60th D,419
L'Heureux, Robert P.,PFC,11010502,27 BG (L) 16 BS,338
Linton Herbert Milton,FM1c,2437832,USS Canopus,500
Lockwood, Robert E.,PFC,6977493,20 ABG 28 Mat,339
Lutton, Murray H.,PFC,17012222,59th K,340
Lyons, John R.,PVT,6145901,31st Inf 1 Bn Hq,341
Mac Arthur, Douglas J.,PFC,17001679,Ft Mills QMC,342
Mac Millan, Robert D. Jr.,PVT,32107469,803rd Eng Hq,421
Madrid, Catelino,PVT,38012166,200th D,420
Magrath, Robert W,PVT,1905631,31st Inf Svc,422
Martin, Norman,CPL,6143170,31st Inf A,281
Matheny, Wilfred Roland,PFC,294751,4th L,493
Matlock, Clarence L.,PVT,38053399,2nd Chem,423
Mattson, William L,CPL,20700247,194th Tank A,282
Mc Clung, William J III,SGT,245635,4th D,473
Mc Combs, Leonard R.,PVT,36050786,200th C,424
Mc Cubbin, Buell,PFC,37054244,200th Hq,343
Mc Cune, Bert E.,PVT,19006296,60th G,425
Mc Davitt, Jerome A.,Capt,O&307358,23rd FA Regt (PS),202
Mc Farland, Edward M.,PVT,19012112,20 ABG 27 Mat,426
Mc Gough, Rudie M.,PVT,6286920,20 ABG 27 Mat,427
Mc Govern, John J.,PVT,19056478,60th I,428
Mc Kee, Harold J.,PFC,18049803,60th Hq,344
Mc Kibbens, Couts L,T SGT,6211554,19 BG (H) Hq,211
Mc Mullen, Michael L.,PFC,13024663,27 BG (L) 91 BS,345
Medley, William F.,SGT,6911036,31st Inf H,246
Meyer, Fred C.,CPL,6826152,QM Det Fort McKinley,283
Mickelsen, Stephen L.,PFC,19021137,60th E,346, 45.04.18, enteritis and pulmonary infiltration
Miller, Robert L.,,6579900,24 Purs Gp 21 Purs Sqn,225
Mims, John L.,PVT,19020695,31st Inf C,429
Montoya, Orlando Roman "Reno",SGT,20842990,200th B,247
Montoya, Teodoro Jose "Lolo",PFC,20844142,200th H,348
Moore, Charles W.,PVT,19056403,60th E,430
Moore, Purvis W.,CPL,6832382,19 BG (H),284
Morgan, Jack,CPL,6393676,31st Inf L,285, 45.03.10, Cardiac Beri Beri
Morse, Douglas E.,PVT,6297771,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,431
Moss, Harvey E,CPL,6578599,19 BG (H) 93 BS,286
Myers, Malvern Robert,CPL,267304,4th Hq,476
Neil, Robert M.,PFC,7022885,20 ABG Hq,349
Noyes, Robert C.,PVT,11015335,27 BG (L) 48 Mat,432
Otis, Harold C.,CPL,6096331,19 BG (H) Hq,226
Outzen, Harris J.,CPL,6871424,31st Inf,287
Pack, Okey D.,PFC,15018751,24 Purs Gp 21 Purs Sqn,350
Palmer, William M,MSGT,6235298,27 BG (L) 2 Obs Sqn,
Pasini, John Dymond,GM1c,3755001,Cavite Naval Yard,462
Pearce, Herbert R.,PVT,18038622,60th K,433
Peck, Sewell H.,PVT,19002198,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,434
Peters, Joseph W. Jr.,PFC,14038312,60th M,351
Petersen, William F.,SGT,6673755,59th C,248
Pfenning, Elmer E,T SGT,6910509,24 Purs Gp Hq,212
Pinkston, Dan C.,PVT,14003776,803rd Eng Hq,435 [changed name post-war from Pinkston to Irwin]
Pitzel, Daniel J,SGT,215212,4th D,471
Poff, Clarence,PVT,19054938,31st Inf I,
Potts, Johnnie E,CPL,16015730,31st Inf,436
Quast, Herbert H,CPL,6573201,24 Purs Gp 21 Purs Sqn,289, 45.03.15, Peritonitis
Quinn, James B.,PVT,18060064,59th E,437
Ragland, James D.,PFC,6295174,59th 1 Bn,352
Redd, Gene A.,PFC,19030181,228th Sig Opns,353
Roessler, Paul Albert "Rocky",SSGT,20843157,200th C,227
Rogers, Leonard L.,PFC,290943,4th B,365
Russell, Robert J.,PVT,19020161,60th 2 Bn,438
Russell, William Gilbert,CPL,265886,4th 1 Bn Hq,477
Ruzek, Lester Charles,PFC,280989,4th H,494
Sanderson, Arthur E.,PFC,6268344,QMC Ft Mills,354
Sandmire, Owen L.,SGT,20645273,192nd Tank A,249
Santoya, Stanley U.,PVT,19002722,19 BG (H) 440 Ord,503
Sautter, Albert G,PFC,279875,4th D,495
Sawyer, Billie J,PVT,18038623,60th M,439
Schreiber, Alfred C.,T SGT,6122905,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,228
Schultz, Albert P.,PVT,18023624,,440
Schultz, Donald F.,PFC,20645304,192nd Tank A,355
Scott, Charles Francis,PFC,279275,4th Hq,496
Scott, Irvin C. Jr,SGT,292451,4th 3 Bn Hq,497
Scott, John N.,PFC,14036539,27 BG (L) 454 Ord,441
Scott, Wilvin Eugene,SGT,19016928,Ft McKinley B&C School,250
Sears, Lawrence M.,PFC,20600463,192nd Tank B,356
Shaffer, Ralph R.,PVT,36016883,192nd Tank B,504
Sholes, Donald Ray,CPL,19014231,33rd QM Regt (Avn),290
Shumaker, Lloyd C.,PVT,33061540,803rd Eng,442
Signorelli, Peter V,CPL,6982103,Genl Hosp #2,201 arrived on Kenwa Maru
Simmons, James W.,PVT,18063204,,457
Simmons, Lewis N.,SSGT,6930148,803rd Eng B,229
Smith, Elmer A.,PVT,19056515,60th D,443
Smith, George L.,PVT,11010813,60th L,444
Smith, Phares P.,PFC,6297387,DEML Hq,357, 44.12.17, cause not known yet
Smith, Raymond E.,CPL,268206,4th I,478
Smith, Woodrow,CPL,6396957,31st Inf,292
Snow, Wilson H.,SGT,6290203,59th Hq,252
Snyder, Peter,PFC,6704817,31st Inf Svc,358
Speaker, John M. Jr,PVT,14038326,60th C,455
Sporer, George,CPL,6516677,59th G,253
Stahl, Albert W.,PVT,19002589,409th Sig (Avn),445
Steele, Benjamin Charles,PFC,19018989,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,359
Stone, Wendell William,Yeo,3422028,,466
Strickland, Eldon Kenneth,CPL,279564,4th A,479
Tant, Norman,PVT,14056797,409th Sig (Avn),360
Thomas, Arthur B.,SGT,20700264,194th Tank A,254
Thompson, Kenneth E.,SGT,20500771,192nd Tank C,255
Touvell, Ralph A.,PVT,15017165,60th F,506
Tripp, Edward E.,CPL,37037805,803rd Eng,293
Trujillo, Herman C.,PFC,6257424,31st Inf,361
Tucker, Charles William,CPL,13000715,7th Chem (Avn),294
Tuley, John A.,CPL,16041136,31st Inf M,295
Turner, Elton B.,PFC,18038636,60th G,446
Turner, Gerald Ade "Rosy",SGT,243166,4th Svc,472
Turner, Henry F.,PVT,20700265,194th Tank A,447
Utz, Donald Richard,PVT,19045975,33rd QM Trk Rgt,448
Van Winkle, Ernest E. "Penny",SGT,38012156,200th G,256
Vermillion, Raleigh D.,SGT,6260885,60th K,257
Vidal, Donald Constant,PFC,280038,4th 1 Bn Hq,498
Vinson, Benjamin Harrison Jr,PFC,301451,4th F,480
Volkman, Rudolph G.,PFC,17026185,19th QM Co (Trk),362
Waldrop, Melvin Troy "Mel",CPL,20842537,515th Hq,296
Wallace, Oscar,SGT,6275223,4th Chem (Avn),258,45.07.07 acute Pharyngitis
Warren, Benjamin F.,PVT,14046062,60th H,449
Watkins, James W.,T SGT,6527107,27 BG (L) 17 BS,213
Weatherford, Herman E.,SGT,6300723,24 Purs Gp 34 Purs Sqn,259
Wells, John F.,PVT,13032376,27 BG (L) 91 BS,450
Wells, Verdie Omar Jr.,PFC,290414,4th A,
Whatley,Willard H.,PVT,18029846,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,451
White, William N.,PVT,11016209,27 BG (L) 48 Mat,452
Whitworth, Robert M,PVT,18052532,59th E,453
Wilfong, Edward G.,CPL,20546085,27 BG (L) Hq,297
Wilkins, Joseph Henry,PFC,18014569,Genl Hosp #2,507
Williams, Floyd M.,,6916069,HD M&SB Hq,454
Williams, Hubert J.,CPL,7003006,27 BG (L) Hq,298
Williams, Ivor J.,SGT,19032468,59th H,260
Williamson, Lemuel R.,MSGT,6779197,HD M&SB Hq,207
Wilmoth, Claude A.,PFC,18040708,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,363
Wilson, Frederick E.,SSGT,6927300,27 BG (L) 17 BS,231
Wilson, Wilmer Leroy,CPL,18048789,60th 2 Bn,299
Wing, Charles J.,CPL,19051161,59th 1 Bn,300
Word, Roscoe C.,SGT,263959,4th 2 Bn Hq,261
Wright, Arthur J.,PFC,19014596,60th A,364
Young, Cyrus V. Jr.,,18022965,19 BG (H) 7 Mat,505
Yurchak, Stephan,SK1c,2434999,USS Canopus,463
Zagarri, Joseph P.,SSGT,17016340,HD M&SB Hq,230