Idaho State > Idaho POWs > Madison County, Army and AAF > Bob H. Carlson

Bob H. Carlson

Private, U.S. Army

Service #6557335

Assigned to M Company,
31st Infantry Regiment,
Philippine Islands

Died on August 13, 1942
At an Unknown POW Camp in the Philippine Islands
Officially Listed as Died Non-Battle
While In Prisoner of War Status

Awards:

Bronze Star*

Prisoner of War
Medal*

American Campaign
Service Medal*

Asiatic-Pacific
Campaign Medal*

World War II
Victory Medal*

These awards are based on the information below and per applicable DoD Directives and Awards Manuals:
Bronze Star Award identified by the American Battle Monuments Commission,
Prisoner of War Medal Authorized for issue to any person who, while serving in any capacity with the Armed Forces, was taken prisoner and held captive after April 5, 1917.
American Campaign Service Medal Awarded for military service within the American Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal Awarded for military service with the Asiatic-Pacific Theater between December 7, 1941 and March 2, 1946.
World War II Victory Medal Awarded for military service between December 7, 1941 and December 31, 1946, both dates inclusive.

*Awarded Posthumously

PVT Carlson entered the US Army from Idaho,
and his loss is recorded in the
Idaho World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 6, Madison County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is Engraved on
The Tablets of the Missing at Manila American Cemetery, Manila, Philippines,
and is also listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission website.

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of War Data File, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946

SERIAL NUMBER

6557335

NAME

CARLSON ROBERT H.

GRADE, ALPHA

Private

SERVICE CODE

ARMY

ARM OR SERVICE

Infantry

DATE REPORT

5/7/1942

RACE

WHITE

STATE OF RESIDENCE

Idaho

TYPE OF ORGANIZATION

(No Data Entered)

PARENT UNIT NUMBER

(No Data Entered)

PARENT UNIT TYPE

(No Data Entered)

AREA

Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands

LATEST REPORT DATE

8/13/1942

SOURCE OF REPORT

Sources considered official.

STATUS

Died as Prisoner of War, Not Above Cases

DETAINING POWER

JAPAN

CAMP

Philippines Unstated Philippines 14-121

REP

(No Data Entered)

POW TRANSPORT SHIPS

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records)

NO RECORDS FOUND

The following information on this casuality is sourced from The National Archives Database:
World War II Prisoners of the Japanese File, 2007 Update, ca. 1941 - ca. 1945

NAME

CARLSON ROBERT H.

RANK

Private

SERVICE NUMBER

6557335

ARM OR SERVICE

Infantry

SOURCE 1

Bataan Roster of the 31st Inf Regt (US) from Karl Lowe

SOURCE 2

(No Data Entered)

SOURCE 3

(No Data Entered)

SUBORDINATE UNIT

M Company

ASSIGNED UNIT

31st Infantry Regiment (United States)

PARENT UNIT

Philippine Division

POW CAMPS NOTES

(No Data Entered)

Online Related Information:

No Additional Data Available at This Time

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