Date of birth:

February 27th, 1915 (Glenwood/Arkansas, United States)

Date of death:

September 11th, 1998 (Texarkana/Aransas, United States)

Service number:

277985

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Hoyle Erwin was captured by the Japanese in 1942 on the Philippines, where he was stationed as a marine. He survived the "Deathmarch of Bataan" and was later held prisoner in Japan at the POW camp Shinjuku in Tokyo Bay.

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