Walter F Cigoi (1917 - 1942)

Born 18 Aug 1917 in Illinois, United States

Died 3 Nov 1942 at age 25 in Tainan City, Taiwan

Biography

Walter Cigoi Died while a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Walter Cigoi was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Illinois National Guardsman called to federal duty, on November 25, 1940, as a member of B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion. He fought in some of the first tank battles of WWII involving American tanks in the Philippine Islands. After Bataan surrendered he took part in the death march and was held at Camp O'Donnell and Cabanatuan. He was selected to be sent to Manchuria to be used as slave labor. While on the Japanese hell ship, Tottori Maru, he became ill. He was taken off the ship on Formosa, now Taiwan, where he died. He was buried at a British Military Cemetery at Hong Kong since his remains were mixed with those of British POWs.

For more information, go to: Proviso East High School Bataan Commemorative Research Project

http://www.proviso.k12.il.us/bataan%20web/Cigoi.htm

Sources

• "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSYS-4BQ : accessed 3 April 2015), Walter Cigoie in household of Louis Cigoie, York, DuPage, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0001, sheet 27B, family 648, line 86, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 511; FHL microfilm 2,340,246.

• Find A Grave: Memorial #56983349