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Eustaquio
S.
Baclig
POW (WWII) KIA
September 20, 1899

–

Born:

, 

Philippine Islands

Home:

, 

Philippine Islands

Eustaquio Baclig graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1918. He was captured during the fall of the Philippine Islands and released a year later. He joined the Philippine Resistance Forces and was subsequently re-captured and was executed while in captivity.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    Foreign

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1945 – January 1943

    Eustaquio S. Baclig (ASN: 0-12186), Philippine Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release by the Japanese in January 1943.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    Foreign

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    November 30, 1944 – Died in Captivity

    Eustaquio S. Baclig (ASN: 0-12186), Philippine Army, was re-captured by the Japanese while serving with the Philippine Resistance on 30 November 1944, and was subsequently executed while interned as a Prisoner of War.