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LT COL Frederick Gilman Saint
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LT COL Frederick Gilman Saint Veteran

Birth
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
24 Jan 1945 (aged 36)
At Sea
Monument
Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines Add to Map
Plot
Tablets of the Missing - United States Army- -Missing In Action
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Played High School football, Elmhurst, IL; Attended Purdue University; Enter West Point Military Academy 1927; Graduate, 1931, 5th in his class of 297; Corps of Engineers; Vicksburg Engineering District; Graduate School, Civil Engineering, Princeton; Assigned to Ft. Belvior; Taught Civil Engineering at West Point; Commanding Officer, 14th Engineers (Philippine Scouts)after Pearl Harbor; Supported the withdrawal from Bataan; Forced surrender, survivor of the Bataan Death March; Prisoner of War at Camp Cabanatuan till Dec. 1944; Died 24 Jan 1945 from wounds on Japanese P.O.W. ship Enoura Maru; Buried at Sea; Bronze Star Medals-Provost Marshall.

Service # 0-018340
Unit 14th Engineer Regiment, Philippine Scouts
Rank Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of Death January 24 1945
Status Missing In Action
★ Purple Heart
★ Bronze Star
★ Silver Star
Played High School football, Elmhurst, IL; Attended Purdue University; Enter West Point Military Academy 1927; Graduate, 1931, 5th in his class of 297; Corps of Engineers; Vicksburg Engineering District; Graduate School, Civil Engineering, Princeton; Assigned to Ft. Belvior; Taught Civil Engineering at West Point; Commanding Officer, 14th Engineers (Philippine Scouts)after Pearl Harbor; Supported the withdrawal from Bataan; Forced surrender, survivor of the Bataan Death March; Prisoner of War at Camp Cabanatuan till Dec. 1944; Died 24 Jan 1945 from wounds on Japanese P.O.W. ship Enoura Maru; Buried at Sea; Bronze Star Medals-Provost Marshall.

Service # 0-018340
Unit 14th Engineer Regiment, Philippine Scouts
Rank Lieutenant Colonel U.S. Army
Entered Service From Illinois
Date of Death January 24 1945
Status Missing In Action
★ Purple Heart
★ Bronze Star
★ Silver Star

Gravesite Details

Entered the service from Illinois.



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