The cemetery, 152 acres (62 ha) or 615,000 square metres in area, is located on a prominent plateau, visible at a distance from the east, south and west. With a total of 17,206 graves, it has the largest number of graves of any cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II and holds war dead from the Philippines and other allied nations. Many of the personnel whose remains are interred or represented were killed in New Guinea, or during the Battle of the Philippines (1941–42) or the Allied recapture of the islands. The headstones are made of marble which are aligned in eleven plots forming a generally circular pattern, set among a wide variety of tropical trees and shrubbery. The Memorial is maintained by the American Battle Monuments Commission dedicated in 1960.
SURNAME
Woodallen
FORENAME
Alan Eugene
UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company M)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
462241
DATE OF DEATH
20th November 1943
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot F, Row 9, Grave 57
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SURNAME
Woerl
FORENAME
John Anthony, Jr.
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company A)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
346065
DATE OF DEATH
14th July 1943
AGE
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 13, Grave 100
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 1922, Dayton...
SURNAME
Warren
FORENAME
Rase Lee
UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company P)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
415295
DATE OF DEATH
29th June 1943
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot F, Row 3, Grave 71
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SURNAME
Walker
FORENAME
William
UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company L)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
521113
DATE OF DEATH
14th December 1943
AGE
18
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 9, Grave 254
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SURNAME
States
FORENAME
George William, Jr.
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company D)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
325197
DATE OF DEATH
20th July 1943
AGE
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 2, Grave 186
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SURNAME
Scott
FORENAME
Walter Benjamin
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company C)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
455306
DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 14, Grave 9
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 12.06.1921...
SURNAME
Rice
FORENAME
William Elias, Jr.
UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company M)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
818361
DATE OF DEATH
9th November 1943
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot N, Row 12, Grave 178
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SURNAME
Pyne
FORENAME
Harold Wesley
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (HQ Company)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
294910
DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot A, Row 1, Grave 202
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SURNAME
Nelson
FORENAME
Carmen John
UNIT
2nd Raider Battalion (Company H)
RANK
Private first Class
NUMBER
810085
DATE OF DEATH
30th December 1943
AGE
19
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot F, Row 5, Grave 35
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SURNAME
Mock
FORENAME
George Fredrick
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company B)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
452430
DATE OF DEATH
20th July 1943
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 16, Grave 9
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 04.03.1921...
SURNAME
McCombe
FORENAME
William Carl
UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company K)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
811783
DATE OF DEATH
1st November 1943
AGE
20
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Block D, Row 8, Grave 211
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SURNAME
Larson
FORENAME
John Maine
UNIT
3rd Raider Battalion (Company L)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
516464
DATE OF DEATH
9th November 1943
AGE
21
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot L, Row 9, Grave 26
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 25.10.1922...
SURNAME
La Rochelle
FORENAME
Roger Oscar Joseph
UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company A)
RANK
Corporal
NUMBER
362435
DATE OF DEATH
21st July 1943
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot L, Row 3, Grave 103
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SURNAME
Kelos
FORENAME
James Park
UNIT
2nd Raider Battalion (HqCo)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
516549
DATE OF DEATH
26th December 1943
AGE
18
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot A, Row 15, Grave 13
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SURNAME
Kaufman
FORENAME
Robert Lawrence
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company A)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
507105
DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
AGE
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 4, Grave 126
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SURNAME
Johnson
FORENAME
Marty Joseph
UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company P)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
447847
DATE OF DEATH
29th June 1943
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot L, Row 6, Grave 30
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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SURNAME
Johnson
FORENAME
James Inman
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company B)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
354977
DATE OF DEATH
10th July 1943
AGE
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 10, Grave 98
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SURNAME
Hunter
FORENAME
John Wiley
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company A)
RANK
Private First Class
NUMBER
348380
DATE OF DEATH
20th July 1943
AGE
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot D, Row 6, Grave 113
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father John...
SURNAME
Houser
FORENAME
Elwood Brooks
UNIT
4th Raider Battalion (Company O)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
441492
DATE OF DEATH
1st July 1943
AGE
22
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Block D, Row 3, Grave 61
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 15.06.1921, Tryon...
SURNAME
Hodges
FORENAME
Burrell Dan, Jr.
UNIT
1st Raider Battalion (Company C)
RANK
Private
NUMBER
347897
DATE OF DEATH
9th July 1943
AGE
18
GRAVESITE
Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines. Plot F, Row 2, Grave 67
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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