• Battle of Corregidor 1942

Date of birth:

December 31st, 1917 (Baltimore/Maryland, United States)

Date of death:

June 17th, 1942 (Cabatuan, Philippines)

Mentioned on:

American Cemetery and Memorial Manila

Service number:

0-6617

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

Chronister was mortally wounded in an ambush laid by Filipino guerrillas on 16 June 1942. He died in a Japanese hospital in Cabatuan the next day.

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

First Lieutenant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Philippine Department, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), U.S. Army

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

First Lieutenant (Lieutenant)

Unit:

Company B, 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Philippine Department, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), U.S. Army

First Lieutenant Mason F. Chronister (MCSN: 0-6617), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor on 6 May 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.

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• - Mason Chronister - Recipient -
  - Mason F. Chronister | American Battle Monuments Commission
  

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