Umeda POW Camp
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Source: The following list of 118 names was originally supplied by the daughter of Lt. Col. Roy E. McElfish, Virginia M. Damberg. Lt Col McElfish was transferred from Osaka to Zentsuji in January of 1943. The report was prepared upon his rescue at Rokuroshi, 27 August 1945.
Additional names from the papers of Shill

Inclosures No. 2 (in camp) and 3 (in hospital)
List of Deceased - Umeda Bunsho - Osaka Japan
The men who died when often taken to a "hospital". The men perished at the stadium hospital called Itchioka. The hospital was the original POW camp for the 150 men sent from Zentsuji in June 1942. Eighty (80) of these men were later sent to Hirohata. [Itchioka deaths are also listed on the Itchioka site.] The death rate within camp was so large that men were often sent to Itchioka in order to make the camp appear healthier than actual.
Also included are
8 men who perished on the Nagato Maru in transit to this camp.

Last Name,First Name,Branch,Rank,Serial No,Date of Death,Place of Death
Agnew, John D.,USA,PFC,6562524,43.01.11,Umeda
Attey, James J.,USMC,Cpl,267875,43.01.30,Umeda
Baker, Richard Harold,USN,SM 3c,3001989,42.12.31,Umeda
Bales, James E.,USA,Pvt,18036327,43.01.16,Umeda
Barrett, Donald Patrick,USN,Cox,2834746,43.02.04,Umeda
Beeman, William E.,USA,Sgt,R-725735,43.02.05,Itchioka
Bolliger, William G.,USA (MD),SSgt,6720216,43.03.23,Umeda
Bellows, Glenn C.,USMC,PFC,273665,42.12.24,Umeda
Belter, Warren E.,USMC,PFC,281208,43.04.15,Itchioka
Bender, Jack V.,USMC,Cpl,271007,43.02.16,Umeda
Boyles, James H.,USAAC,WO Jg,W2101237,43.02.23,Umeda
Brendlinger, Ralph E.,USN,MM1C,3808113,43.10.24,Umeda
Buckler, Damaree,USN,CBM,2791691,43.03.15,Umeda
Brown, Robert Maclean,USN,SK3C,3165955,44.02.14,Umeda
Byrd, Malcolm L.,USMC,PFC,276532,43.02.19,Umeda
Candiello, Samuel A.,USA,2nd Lt,O&890151,43.01.01,Umeda
Campbell, Alfred Ferguson,USN,CQM,1201651,42.12.08,Umeda
Cannon, Charles M.,USA,2d Lt,O&420575,43.01.12,Itchioka
Cogan, Joseph H.,USMC,Cpl,272013,42.03.12,Umeda
Collins, William Iven,USN,CCM,1221557,43.01.28,Umeda
Conlon, David W.,USMC,PFC,293557,43.02.04,Umeda
Cantrell, Fred D.,USMC,CPL,270845,43.01.22,Umeda
Cook, William Ernest,USN,MM 1c,3211152,43.01.30,Umeda
Crane, Leonard,USN,SM 2c,3812176,43.01.12,Umeda
Criddle, Leland Richard,USN,GM 2c,3757030,43.04.10,Itchioka
Crum, Irvin Stanley,USN,Lt jg,72891,43.02.23,Itchioka
Danca, Richard E.,USA (INF),2 LT,O&405705,42.11.13,
Nagato Maru
Davis Loren P.,USMC,PFC,283625,44.04.08,Umeda
Davis, Elmer L.,USN,CRM,3360823,44.03.28,Umeda
DeLong, Thomas H.,USA (CAC),PFC,6893304,43.03.12,Umeda
Ditt, Robert H.,USMC,Sgt,270612,43.05.17,Umeda
Drewett, Robert S.,USN,Y 3c,3284814,43.01.12,Umeda
Duclos, Joseph E.,USA,PFC,11018514,42.12.25,Umeda
Egan, Phillip O.,USMC,PFC,276477,43.08.25,Umeda
Ellard, John A.,USA (CAC),2nd Lt,O&413135,42.12.04,Umeda
Ellis, Louis "Davie" Claud,USN,SM 1c,3722597,42.12.25,Umeda
Farrell, Robert I.,USMC,Cpl,268264,43.05.05,Umeda
Field, Girvelle L.,USA (CAC),Lt Col,O&15409,43.01.31,Umeda
Fisher, Henry Joseph,USN,S 2c,4007023,43.02.17,Itchioka
Fisher, Paul W.,USMC,Cpl,275151,43.02.25,Umeda
Fisher, William H.,USMC,Sgt,269346,43.07.04,Umeda
Flohrs, Duane H.,USA,Sgt,20842603,43.05.23,Umeda
Forsyth, William J.,USN,CMM,2002022,43.09.01,Umeda
Frank, Howard B.,USA,SSgt,6571116,42.12.25,Umeda
Frydle, Daniel J.,USMC,PFC,273533,43.02.03,Umeda
Free, Edward G.,USMC,PFC,301430,42.11.21,
Nagato Maru Enroute Japan
Gaiser, William F.,USMC,Sgt,266566,43.04.01,Umeda
Garcia, Steven,USA (CAC),Pvt,18046359,43.01.05,Umeda
Giles, Doyle Bertram,USA,PFC,296582,43.08.16,Ichioka Hospital
Gorman, Henry R.,USA,PFC,6951331,43.03.31,Umeda
Gragg, Dellerd Kester,USN,RM 1c,2420406,43.03.24,Umeda [some rosters say Cragg in error]
Gruen,Richard C.,USA,PFC,6829055,43.01.23,Itchioka
Harvey, Luis Worden,USN,CEM,3207216,43.12.24,Umeda
Hedges, Kermit W.,USN,MM 1c,2952147,43.01.15,Umeda
Herzig, Edward T.,USA,PFC,19011291,43.05.03,Umeda
Hill, Bert A.,USMC,Cpl,278527,43.03.08,Umeda
Horton, Edward F.,USMC,SSgt,238145,43.01.23,Umeda
Householder, Dalles Eugene,USN,RM 1c,196902,43.01.09,Umeda
Howard, Harry M.,USMC,SGT,227294,43.04.03,Ichioka Hospital
Howard, Thomas D.,USA (CAC),TSgt,6839506,43.11.23,
Nagato Maru Enroute Japan
Hurts, Oscar M.,USMC,PFC,297086,43.01.29,Umeda
Hutchison, Edward J.,USN,Cox,2661594,43.01.23,Itchioka
Jarvis, Thomas L.,USA,Cpl,6345801,43.01.16,Itchioka
Jober, Frank,USA (CAC),Cpl,150068,43.02.18,Umeda
Johnson, Norman L.,USAAC,Cpl,18022855,43.02.25,Umeda
Johnson, Albert L.,USA CE),2 LT,O&890338,42.11.24,
Nagato Maru Enroute Japan
Johnston, Joe,USMC,PFC,290555,43.01.21,Umeda
Jones, Herman O.,USA (CAC),Sgt,6892072,43.03.10,Umeda
Keene, Thomas B.,USN,QM 1c,4012680,43.02.10,Umeda
Keller, Pearl Jr,USA,Pvt,19052154,43.03.29,Umeda
Kelley, James D.,USA (SC),Capt,O&319159,43.02.15,Umeda
Kenney, Richard D.,USMC,Sgt,277741,43.02.25,Umeda
Kenvicka, Frank Dominik,USN,CBM,1030164,43.01.2,Umeda
Keough, Harry,USN,CWT,3248800,44.11.15,
Nagato Maru Maru Enroute Japan
Kilwey, Milton,USA (CAC),Sgt,38012457,43.02.04,Umeda
Klise, James Glen,USN,AOM2C,3858652,44.11.15,Umeda
Koblish, Joseph Francis,USN,WT 1c,2071259,43.01.29,Umeda
Kuhlman, Edward W.,USMC,Cpl,301441,43.03.08,Umeda
Larson, Edward,USA,PFC,19017373,43.01.29,Umeda
Layden, Howard F.,USA,Cpl,19018391,43.04.16,Umeda
Linke, Howard E.,USMC,PFC,290050,42.11.09,
Nagato Maru Enroute Japan
Lissery, F.,USA,,,,Deceased 5/20/43 Ichioka Hospital
[Not in NARA database]
LeCompte, Kenneth,USN,CY,3412517,43.08.20,Umeda
Lehto, Arvo E.,USA (CAC),PFC,17001751,43.04.23,Umeda
Le Hue, Melvin J.,USA,PFC,19049500,42.12.28,Umeda
Lindennayer, Paul L.,USA,Cpl,6578809,43.12.27,Umeda
Lucus, Allen R.,USMC,PVT,287728,43.08.06,Itchioka Hospital
Mahomey, Joseph F.,USMC,Pltn Sgt,220464,42.12.11,Umeda
Marrs, Frank M.,USA (DML),MSgt,6547679,43.01.22,Umeda
Massey, Cecil F.,USN,CBM,2680081,42.12.12,Itchioka
Mc Keller, SheIly R.,USA,1st Sgt,6365407,43.02.05,Umeda
Mc Murry, Cloyd C.,USMC,SGT,251742,44.11.24,Umeda train yard (Kanzaki Train)
Merton, Cecil R.,USA,PFC,19052011,43.02.07,Umeda
Moore, Robert,USA,CWO,W2101238,42.12.23,Umeda
Mikucki, William F.,USMC,PFC,282770,43.03.11,Itchioka
Muggy, Daniel E.,USN,CCS,3161692,42.12.31,Umeda
Naone, Daniel Lanikuli,USN,MM3C,5019692,42.11.30,Umeda
Niemeth, Donald W.M.,USMC,PFC,290055,42.12.09,Itchioka
O'Connor, James T.,USMC,CPL,290057,43.04.27,Umeda
O'Donnell, Arnold J.,USA,1st Lt,O&398113 ,43.01.08,Itchioka
Olson, Louis V.,USA,Sgt,17003436,43.01.10,Umeda
Owsley, Warren V.,USMC,PFC,286093,43.04.12,Umeda
Patrick, Hugh A.,USMC,Sgt,270347,43.03.23,Umeda
Perkins, Robert W.,USA,1st Lt,O&24578,43.02.18,Umeda
Pierce, Aloysius J.,USN,CSM,2426413,42.12.23,Umeda
Powell, Reese,USN,FM 1c,2235010,43.01.03,Umeda
Purinton, Howard William,USN,Cox,2422968,43.02.14,Umeda
Re, Frank A.,USN,FM 2c,3751292,43.01.16,Umeda
Schwartz, Richard,USMC,PVT,309672,43.01.22,Itchioka Hospital
Sorensen, Robert S.,USA,Capt,O&277874,43.06.22,Itchioka
Sheldon, Milton J.,USA,Capt,O&377053,42.12.15,Umeda
Sloan, John C.,USMC,PLSGT,233766,43.02.19,Itchioka Hospital
Smith, Albert K.,USA (ORD),MSgt,560867,44.02.13,Itchioka
Smith, Barney H.,USA (CAC),Capt,O&375015,43.01.05,Umeda
Snyder, William A.,USMC,PFC,280893,42.12.18,Umeda
Sommers, John J.,USMC,Cpl,269244,43.04.09,Umeda
Sugars, Mickee,Marone,Sgt,264984,43.05.02,Umeda
Sulier, Darwood R.,USMC,Sgt,266434,42.12.26,Umeda
Sullivan, Lloyd W.,USA (CAC),Sgt,6377747,43.02.17,Umeda
Sult, Alfred Paul,USN,Cox,2872166,43.03.28,Umeda
Taylor, Glaude,USA,SSgt,13016418,43.03.23,Umeda
Thatcher, William L.,USA (CAC),PVT,6977998,43.02.04,Umeda
Thompson, John,USN,MM 2c,2795416,43.01.18,Umeda
Tickaman, Paul F.,USMC,PFC,283280,43.01.04,Umeda
Timmerman, Norbett W.,USA,Maj,O&214448,42.12.23,Umeda
Trowbridge, Robert Edgar,USN,Cox,3859186,43.07.26,Itchioka
Truesdell, Willard M.,USA,MAJ,O&183609,42.11.19,
Nagato Maru Enroute Japan
Vanatta, Thomas D.,USMC,CPL,269537,43.12.09,Umeda
Waliser, Earl J.,USA,Pvt,13030138,43.04.09,Umeda
Weil, Robert W.,USA,Capt,O&345849,43.01.08,Umeda
Whitaker, Manuel Owen,USN,AMM 3c,2873535,43.05.29,Umeda
White, Leo,USMC,Sgt,282390,43.03.03,Itchioka
Whitney, John F.,USA (CAC),Pvt,19054521,43.01.08,Umeda
Wigen, Henry B.,USMC,Sgt,204925,43.01.15,Umeda
Wood, William R.,USA (CAC),1st Lt,O&361066,42.11.07,
Nagato Maru Enroute Japan - 24th FA (PS)
Woody, William R.,USA,PFC,18036298,42.12.27,Itchioka
Yeargin, Marion Richard,USN,TM 1c,3468239,43.01.08,Umeda