David Garcia Borunda (24, 02 January 1916 La Luz, New Mexico), a resident of 1014 S. John, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. 1483, Order No. 837) on 16 October 1940 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. He was employed by the Liberty Cafe. David listed his father, Frank B. Borunda, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 6" in height, 148 lbs., with a light complexion and brown eyes and black hair.
David G. Borunda (1916 New Mexico), a resident of Bernalillo County, New Mexico enlisted as a Private (S/N 38011813) in the U.S. Army on 14 March 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was single, had completed Grammar school and had been working as a cook.
Private David G. Borunda was assigned to the Battery B, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment.
Approximately 1,800 men from the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment deployed to the Philippines in September 1941. When the Regiment reached the Philippines they immediately moved to Fort Stotsenburg, 75 miles north of Manila. The 200th was equipped with 12 3-inch guns, .50-caliber machine guns, and 60-inch Sperry searchlights. Over the coming months, they would train under simulated war conditions. By December things would change drastically.
On 08 December 1941, Japanese bombers attacked Clark Field and the war was on. It was the 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) — the original full Regiment — who is credited as being the "First to Fire" on 08 December 1941. That night, the 515th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) was formed from the ranks of the 200th.
The 515th and 200th could not do much damage as their powder train fuses only had a range of 20,000 feet and the Japanese bombers were flying at 23,000 feet. The main Japanese invasion forces landed 22 December 1941 and the decision was made to withdraw the forces into Bataan. The 515th CA (AA) moved from Manila 25 December 1941 to establish Anti-Aircraft defenses for the bridges on the withdrawal route to Bataan. The 200th covered the retreat of the Northern Luzon Force into Bataan and the 515th for the South Luzon Force. They were able to hold the Japanese air and ground attacks back, thus saving the bridges – and the North and South Luzon Forces found a clear, safe passage to the Bataan peninsula. On Bataan, it established the AA defenses for the Cabcaban airfield and other airfields on Bataan.
For months, the American and Filipino troops fought bravely as the war situation worsened. After holding off the Japanese from December to April – four long months – the battle for Bataan ended on April 9th.
Following the surrender, more than 75,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers were marched under horrific conditions to the town of San Fernando in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The prisoners were then crowded into boxcars and taken to Capas, in North Central Luzon. Upon arrival at the Capas train station, they were forced to walk the final 9 miles (14 km) to Camp O'Donnell. Surviving the brutal treatment by the Japanese there (about 1500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O'Donnell in just three months) Pfc. David G. Borunda was transferred to the Cabanatuan POW Camp, approximately 8 kilometers east of the town by the same name.
In early June of 1942, prisoners from Camp O'Donnell began to stream into Camp #1, joining the men from Corregidor and increasing the number of prisoners to over 7,300 men. Because of the poor health of the men from O'Donnell, the death rate at Camp #1 soared.
Private First Class David G. Borunda, age 23, (S/N 38011813), 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, died at 12:30 pm on 10 June 1942, of dysentery and inanition (exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment) in Barracks 4, Hospital Area, a prisoner of the Japanese at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121. He was one of 22 men to die that day, the 85th prisoner to die in the Camp 1. In all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated on 30 January 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for positive identification. Unfortunately, no clothing, personal effects nor any other means of identification were found for him and his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan. He most likely is buried in the Manila American Cemetery as a "Known but to God". There are 953 men like Pfc. Borunda who were not identified after the war, "unknowns", permanently interred in the Manila American Cemetery from Cabanatuan.
Private First Class David Garcia Borunda is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Army and Army Air Forces at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
David G. Borunda (1916 New Mexico), a resident of Bernalillo County, New Mexico enlisted as a Private (S/N 38011813) in the U.S. Army on 14 March 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was single, had completed Grammar school and had been working as a cook.
Private David G. Borunda was assigned to the Battery B, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment.
Approximately 1,800 men from the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment deployed to the Philippines in September 1941. When the Regiment reached the Philippines they immediately moved to Fort Stotsenburg, 75 miles north of Manila. The 200th was equipped with 12 3-inch guns, .50-caliber machine guns, and 60-inch Sperry searchlights. Over the coming months, they would train under simulated war conditions. By December things would change drastically.
On 08 December 1941, Japanese bombers attacked Clark Field and the war was on. It was the 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) — the original full Regiment — who is credited as being the "First to Fire" on 08 December 1941. That night, the 515th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) was formed from the ranks of the 200th.
The 515th and 200th could not do much damage as their powder train fuses only had a range of 20,000 feet and the Japanese bombers were flying at 23,000 feet. The main Japanese invasion forces landed 22 December 1941 and the decision was made to withdraw the forces into Bataan. The 515th CA (AA) moved from Manila 25 December 1941 to establish Anti-Aircraft defenses for the bridges on the withdrawal route to Bataan. The 200th covered the retreat of the Northern Luzon Force into Bataan and the 515th for the South Luzon Force. They were able to hold the Japanese air and ground attacks back, thus saving the bridges – and the North and South Luzon Forces found a clear, safe passage to the Bataan peninsula. On Bataan, it established the AA defenses for the Cabcaban airfield and other airfields on Bataan.
For months, the American and Filipino troops fought bravely as the war situation worsened. After holding off the Japanese from December to April – four long months – the battle for Bataan ended on April 9th.
Following the surrender, more than 75,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers were marched under horrific conditions to the town of San Fernando in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The prisoners were then crowded into boxcars and taken to Capas, in North Central Luzon. Upon arrival at the Capas train station, they were forced to walk the final 9 miles (14 km) to Camp O'Donnell. Surviving the brutal treatment by the Japanese there (about 1500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O'Donnell in just three months) Pfc. David G. Borunda was transferred to the Cabanatuan POW Camp, approximately 8 kilometers east of the town by the same name.
In early June of 1942, prisoners from Camp O'Donnell began to stream into Camp #1, joining the men from Corregidor and increasing the number of prisoners to over 7,300 men. Because of the poor health of the men from O'Donnell, the death rate at Camp #1 soared.
Private First Class David G. Borunda, age 23, (S/N 38011813), 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, died at 12:30 pm on 10 June 1942, of dysentery and inanition (exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment) in Barracks 4, Hospital Area, a prisoner of the Japanese at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121. He was one of 22 men to die that day, the 85th prisoner to die in the Camp 1. In all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated on 30 January 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for positive identification. Unfortunately, no clothing, personal effects nor any other means of identification were found for him and his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan. He most likely is buried in the Manila American Cemetery as a "Known but to God". There are 953 men like Pfc. Borunda who were not identified after the war, "unknowns", permanently interred in the Manila American Cemetery from Cabanatuan.
Private First Class David Garcia Borunda is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Army and Army Air Forces at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
David Garcia Borunda (24, 02 January 1916 La Luz, New Mexico), a resident of 1014 S. John, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, signed up for his World War II Draft Registration Card (Serial No. 1483, Order No. 837) on 16 October 1940 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. He was employed by the Liberty Cafe. David listed his father, Frank B. Borunda, as the person who would always know his address. He was described as 5' 6" in height, 148 lbs., with a light complexion and brown eyes and black hair.
David G. Borunda (1916 New Mexico), a resident of Bernalillo County, New Mexico enlisted as a Private (S/N 38011813) in the U.S. Army on 14 March 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was single, had completed Grammar school and had been working as a cook.
Private David G. Borunda was assigned to the Battery B, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment.
Approximately 1,800 men from the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment deployed to the Philippines in September 1941. When the Regiment reached the Philippines they immediately moved to Fort Stotsenburg, 75 miles north of Manila. The 200th was equipped with 12 3-inch guns, .50-caliber machine guns, and 60-inch Sperry searchlights. Over the coming months, they would train under simulated war conditions. By December things would change drastically.
On 08 December 1941, Japanese bombers attacked Clark Field and the war was on. It was the 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) — the original full Regiment — who is credited as being the "First to Fire" on 08 December 1941. That night, the 515th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) was formed from the ranks of the 200th.
The 515th and 200th could not do much damage as their powder train fuses only had a range of 20,000 feet and the Japanese bombers were flying at 23,000 feet. The main Japanese invasion forces landed 22 December 1941 and the decision was made to withdraw the forces into Bataan. The 515th CA (AA) moved from Manila 25 December 1941 to establish Anti-Aircraft defenses for the bridges on the withdrawal route to Bataan. The 200th covered the retreat of the Northern Luzon Force into Bataan and the 515th for the South Luzon Force. They were able to hold the Japanese air and ground attacks back, thus saving the bridges – and the North and South Luzon Forces found a clear, safe passage to the Bataan peninsula. On Bataan, it established the AA defenses for the Cabcaban airfield and other airfields on Bataan.
For months, the American and Filipino troops fought bravely as the war situation worsened. After holding off the Japanese from December to April – four long months – the battle for Bataan ended on April 9th.
Following the surrender, more than 75,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers were marched under horrific conditions to the town of San Fernando in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The prisoners were then crowded into boxcars and taken to Capas, in North Central Luzon. Upon arrival at the Capas train station, they were forced to walk the final 9 miles (14 km) to Camp O'Donnell. Surviving the brutal treatment by the Japanese there (about 1500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O'Donnell in just three months) Pfc. David G. Borunda was transferred to the Cabanatuan POW Camp, approximately 8 kilometers east of the town by the same name.
In early June of 1942, prisoners from Camp O'Donnell began to stream into Camp #1, joining the men from Corregidor and increasing the number of prisoners to over 7,300 men. Because of the poor health of the men from O'Donnell, the death rate at Camp #1 soared.
Private First Class David G. Borunda, age 23, (S/N 38011813), 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, died at 12:30 pm on 10 June 1942, of dysentery and inanition (exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment) in Barracks 4, Hospital Area, a prisoner of the Japanese at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121. He was one of 22 men to die that day, the 85th prisoner to die in the Camp 1. In all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated on 30 January 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for positive identification. Unfortunately, no clothing, personal effects nor any other means of identification were found for him and his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan. He most likely is buried in the Manila American Cemetery as a "Known but to God". There are 953 men like Pfc. Borunda who were not identified after the war, "unknowns", permanently interred in the Manila American Cemetery from Cabanatuan.
Private First Class David Garcia Borunda is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Army and Army Air Forces at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
David G. Borunda (1916 New Mexico), a resident of Bernalillo County, New Mexico enlisted as a Private (S/N 38011813) in the U.S. Army on 14 March 1941 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He was single, had completed Grammar school and had been working as a cook.
Private David G. Borunda was assigned to the Battery B, 200th Coast Artillery Regiment.
Approximately 1,800 men from the 200th Coast Artillery Regiment deployed to the Philippines in September 1941. When the Regiment reached the Philippines they immediately moved to Fort Stotsenburg, 75 miles north of Manila. The 200th was equipped with 12 3-inch guns, .50-caliber machine guns, and 60-inch Sperry searchlights. Over the coming months, they would train under simulated war conditions. By December things would change drastically.
On 08 December 1941, Japanese bombers attacked Clark Field and the war was on. It was the 200th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) — the original full Regiment — who is credited as being the "First to Fire" on 08 December 1941. That night, the 515th Coast Artillery (Anti-aircraft) was formed from the ranks of the 200th.
The 515th and 200th could not do much damage as their powder train fuses only had a range of 20,000 feet and the Japanese bombers were flying at 23,000 feet. The main Japanese invasion forces landed 22 December 1941 and the decision was made to withdraw the forces into Bataan. The 515th CA (AA) moved from Manila 25 December 1941 to establish Anti-Aircraft defenses for the bridges on the withdrawal route to Bataan. The 200th covered the retreat of the Northern Luzon Force into Bataan and the 515th for the South Luzon Force. They were able to hold the Japanese air and ground attacks back, thus saving the bridges – and the North and South Luzon Forces found a clear, safe passage to the Bataan peninsula. On Bataan, it established the AA defenses for the Cabcaban airfield and other airfields on Bataan.
For months, the American and Filipino troops fought bravely as the war situation worsened. After holding off the Japanese from December to April – four long months – the battle for Bataan ended on April 9th.
Following the surrender, more than 75,000 U.S. and Filipino soldiers were marched under horrific conditions to the town of San Fernando in what became known as the Bataan Death March. The prisoners were then crowded into boxcars and taken to Capas, in North Central Luzon. Upon arrival at the Capas train station, they were forced to walk the final 9 miles (14 km) to Camp O'Donnell. Surviving the brutal treatment by the Japanese there (about 1500 American and 22,000 Filipino prisoners of war died at Camp O'Donnell in just three months) Pfc. David G. Borunda was transferred to the Cabanatuan POW Camp, approximately 8 kilometers east of the town by the same name.
In early June of 1942, prisoners from Camp O'Donnell began to stream into Camp #1, joining the men from Corregidor and increasing the number of prisoners to over 7,300 men. Because of the poor health of the men from O'Donnell, the death rate at Camp #1 soared.
Private First Class David G. Borunda, age 23, (S/N 38011813), 200th Coast Artillery Regiment, died at 12:30 pm on 10 June 1942, of dysentery and inanition (exhaustion caused by lack of nourishment) in Barracks 4, Hospital Area, a prisoner of the Japanese at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121. He was one of 22 men to die that day, the 85th prisoner to die in the Camp 1. In all 503 men died in Cabanatuan during the month of June 1942. By the time the camp was liberated on 30 January 1945, 2,764 Americans had died at Cabanatuan in 2½ years.
He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. After the war, all the remains in the Cabanatuan Prison cemetery that could be found were disinterred (between December 1945 - February 1946) and brought to 7747 USAF Cemetery, Manila #2, Philippine Islands. The deceased in Manila #2 (over 11,000 American soldiers) rested there until their removal to the American Graves Registration Service Manila Mausoleum in the summer of 1948 for positive identification. Unfortunately, no clothing, personal effects nor any other means of identification were found for him and his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan. He most likely is buried in the Manila American Cemetery as a "Known but to God". There are 953 men like Pfc. Borunda who were not identified after the war, "unknowns", permanently interred in the Manila American Cemetery from Cabanatuan.
Private First Class David Garcia Borunda is memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing - United States Army and Army Air Forces at the Manila American Cemetery in the Philippines.
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