After being promoted to Sergeant at only age 21, Wallace J. Dawson of Santa Barbara, California was taken prisoner on Valentines Day, 1951. Returned American POWs reported that he had died of starvation while a prisoner. In 1954 several hundred sets of remains were turned over to the U.S. by Communist forces from the camp where Sgt. Dawson died. These were buried in a special section of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, aka Punchbowl, in Honolulu. In 2014 improved technology allowed Sgt. Dawson to be identified and returned to his family.
ReplyDeleteThank you. Through marriages, Wally is my 5th cousin. Links:
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Dawson-16112
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195492110
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98418290
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145705969/wallace-james-dawson
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G62Q-4NY
This one is somewhat closer that a lot of the guys you trace.
DeleteWith the links I post, other readers of your site can check if they are related to these famous men.
DeleteIt's only happened twice, but I've been contacted by men who already knew they were related to someone in a photo I posted. Your links will help others who might be interested.
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