Freemon Battle

Private First Class, US Army

Service #34100440

Assigned to Company A,
96th Engineer Battalion, Corps of Engineers
Pacific Theater of Operations

Died on September 6, 1942
In New Guinea, See Note 1
Officially Listed as Died Non-Battle

Initial-Temporary Burial Location:
Ipswich U.S. Armed Forces (USAF) Cemetery, Brisbane Australia

Final Burial Location:
Plot B 811
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Honolulu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, USA

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Awards:

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:
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.

PFC Battle was born December 26, 1921 in the city of Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama.
He was inducted into the US Army from Wilcox County, enlisting at Fort McClellan Alabama on April 4, 1941.

His loss is recorded in the
Alabama World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, page 26, Wilcox County,
published by the War Department in June 1946.

His name is not listed on the American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) website.

Note 1: The death location, "Pacific - New Guinea" is based on the following reliable source:

A. QMC Form 14, Interment in the "NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC" entries:
Assigned to Company A, 96th Engineers General Services Regiment, Typed - Front Side of Form
BATTLE, FREEMAN, "Name borne on records as BATTLE FREEMON", Hand Written - Front Side of Form
STATE: Alabama, RANK: Private First Class, Serial no. 34100440 - Front Side of Form
Date of Birth: 12-26-21, Date of Death: Sept 16 1942, Date of Interment: Jan 14 1949 - Front Side of Form
Remarks: WORLD WAR II DEAD
FROM: IPSWICH USAF CEMETERY, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
OQMG FORM 315 SENT TO NOK 18 February 1949 FLAG SENT - Front Side of Form
PLACE OF BIRTH: Camden Alabama, Hand Written - Front/Left Side of Form
NOTE: Find A Grave website lists his birth month as November, Interment form lists as December

B. QMC Form 14, Interment in the "NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC" entries:
Organization: Company A, 96th Engineer Battalion-Corps of Engineers, Hand Written - Back Side of Form
PLACE OF DEATH: New Guinea, Hand Written - Back Side of Form

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The following information on this casualty is sourced from The National Archives Database:
Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938 - 1946 (Enlistment Records) - See Note 2

ARMY SERIAL NUMBER

34100440

NAME

BATTLE FREEMON

RESIDENCE: STATE

41 - ALABAMA

RESIDENCE: COUNTY

131 - WILCOX

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

4130 - FORT MCCLELLAN ALABAMA

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

4/4/1941 - April 4, 1941

GRADE, ALPHA

8 - Private

BRANCH: CODE

00 - Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, USA

TERM OF ENLISTMENT

0 - Undefined Code

LONGEVITY

Undefined Code

SOURCE OF ARMY PERSONNEL

0 - Civil Life

NATIVITY

41 - ALABAMA

YEAR OF BIRTH

1921 (12/26/1921) December 26, 1921

RACE AND CITIZENSHIP

2 - Negro, citizen

EDUCATION

0 - Grammar school

CIVILIAN OCCUPATION

830 - Unskilled lumbermen, raftsmen, and woodchoppers

MARITAL STATUS

6 - Single, without dependents

COMPONENT OF THE ARMY

7 - Selectees (Enlisted Men)

CARD, BOX, FILM REEL #

#, 0753, 1.270

Online Related Information:

96th Battalion U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Coloured) General Service Regiment

Online Related Information:

The US Armed Forces (USAF) Cemetery, Australia

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