August James Moody
1918 - 1944 (26 years)-
Name August James Moody Born 12 Apr 1918 Rowan County, Kentucky 
[1, 2] Gender Male _MILT World War II. Died 7 Sep 1944 [2] Buried Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines [2] - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56765728/august-j-moody
Tablets of the Missing
Person ID I2654 Hedges Last Modified 31 Jan 2024
Father Henry Combs Moody, b. 18 Dec 1890, Morehead, Rowan County, Kentucky , d. 27 May 1964, Montgomery County, Ohio (Age 73 years) Mother Bessie Workman, b. 1889, Brown County, Kentucky , d. 26 Jul 1962, Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio (Age 73 years) Married 5 Jan 1916 [3] Family ID F778 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Virginia Georgia Simmons, b. 11 Mar 1918, Germantown, Montgomery County, Ohio , d. 6 Nov 2006, Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina (Age 88 years) Married 1941 Last Modified 7 Oct 2021 Family ID F1669 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 12 Apr 1918 - Rowan County, Kentucky 
Buried - - Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - August Moody was a member of HQ Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He fought on Bataan and became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942, and took part in the death march. He was sent to Mindanao as a POW. In September 1944, the Japanese began shipping POWs to Manila. The POWs were put on the Shinyo Maru. The ship was hit by torpedoes from an American submarine. The Japanese stated they would kill the POWs if the ship was attacked. As the surviving POWs climbed from the holds, the Japanese shot them. Those who made it into the water were hunted down, by Japanese soldiers in life boats, and shot. Only 82 POWs made it to shore and were rescued by Filipino guerrillas.
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- August Moody was a member of HQ Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He fought on Bataan and became a Prisoner of War on April 9, 1942, and took part in the death march. He was sent to Mindanao as a POW. In September 1944, the Japanese began shipping POWs to Manila. The POWs were put on the Shinyo Maru. The ship was hit by torpedoes from an American submarine. The Japanese stated they would kill the POWs if the ship was attacked. As the surviving POWs climbed from the holds, the Japanese shot them. Those who made it into the water were hunted down, by Japanese soldiers in life boats, and shot. Only 82 POWs made it to shore and were rescued by Filipino guerrillas.
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