Rank and Name,Private First Class Mariano M. Acala.

Unit/Placed in,57th Infantry Regiment, Philippine Scouts.

Mariano is born in the Philippines.

Parents and Sibling, No Record Available.

Mariano enlisted the service in the Philippines with service number # 6866676.

Mariano was KIA at Batan defending Philippine soil against the Japanese Occupation on Feb. 9, 1942, he is honored with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal.

Mariano is buried/mentioned at Manila American Cemetery and Memorial  Manila, Metro Manila, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Wall of the missing.

Thanks to Jean Louis Vijgen, ABMC,  https://abmc.gov Info P.O.W.

Wes Injerd, Dwight Rider: http://www.mansell.com/pow-index.html

NavyLog, http://navylog.navymemorial.org Philippine Scouts Heritage Society, Sean Conjenos, http://www.philippine-scouts.org/

Familysearch.com, https://www.familysearch.org Navy Marines Info Geoffrey Roecker, https://missingmarines.com/ Medals Info, http://www.honorstates.org Website, https://hendrikswebdesign.nl/