Leo served as a Corporal, 2nd Chemical Company, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Carbon County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 2, 1940 prior to the war. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Separated, with dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in May, 1942.
Leo "Died While A POW" of the Japanese Army at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121 during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
His remains were not recovered.
Service # 6897692
Bio by: Russ Pickett
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The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Leo J. Barlosky, 24, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2022.
In late 1941, Barlosky was a member of the 7th Chemical Company, Aviation, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Barlosky was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Barlosky died July 27, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 225.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Barlosky's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XgVYEA0
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
He resided in Carbon County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 2, 1940 prior to the war. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Separated, with dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in May, 1942.
Leo "Died While A POW" of the Japanese Army at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121 during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
His remains were not recovered.
Service # 6897692
Bio by: Russ Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Leo J. Barlosky, 24, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2022.
In late 1941, Barlosky was a member of the 7th Chemical Company, Aviation, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Barlosky was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Barlosky died July 27, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 225.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Barlosky's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XgVYEA0
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
Leo served as a Corporal, 2nd Chemical Company, Aviation, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Carbon County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 2, 1940 prior to the war. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Separated, with dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in May, 1942.
Leo "Died While A POW" of the Japanese Army at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121 during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
His remains were not recovered.
Service # 6897692
Bio by: Russ Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Leo J. Barlosky, 24, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2022.
In late 1941, Barlosky was a member of the 7th Chemical Company, Aviation, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Barlosky was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Barlosky died July 27, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 225.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Barlosky's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XgVYEA0
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
He resided in Carbon County, Pennsylvania prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Corps on March 2, 1940 prior to the war. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being Separated, with dependents.
He became a POW of the Japanese Army in the "Fall Of The Philippines" in May, 1942.
Leo "Died While A POW" of the Japanese Army at POW Camp 1, Cabanatuan 1-2-3, Nueva Province, Luzon, Philippines 15-121 during the war.
He was awarded the Prisoner Of War Medal and the Purple Heart.
His remains were not recovered.
Service # 6897692
Bio by: Russ Pickett
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Cpl. Leo J. Barlosky, 24, who was captured and died as a prisoner of war during World War II, was accounted for Sept. 27, 2022.
In late 1941, Barlosky was a member of the 7th Chemical Company, Aviation, when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December. Intense fighting continued until the surrender of the Bataan peninsula on April 9, 1942, and of Corregidor Island on May 6, 1942.
Thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured and interned at POW camps. Barlosky was among those reported captured when U.S. forces in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese. They were subjected to the 65-mile Bataan Death March and then held at the Cabanatuan POW camp. More than 2,500 POWs perished in this camp during the war.
According to prison camp and other historical records, Barlosky died July 27, 1942, and was buried along with other deceased prisoners in the local Cabanatuan Camp Cemetery in Common Grave 225.
For additional information on the Defense Department's mission to account for Americans who went missing while serving our country, visit the DPAA website at www.dpaa.mil, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/dodpaa or https://www.linkedin.com/company/defense-pow-mia-accounting-agency.
Barlosky's personnel profile can be viewed at https://dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil/dpaaProfile?id=a0Jt0000000XgVYEA0
Contributor: usafdo (48612389)
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