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Home State
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Year of Birth
1912 |
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This Military Service Page was created/owned by
Sgt D.L. Kimbrow (Skip)
to remember
Alter, Jack Sample, T4G.
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Casualty Info
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Home Town
New Kensington |
Last Address
Fort McDowell Military Reservation, Sausalito, California (1940)
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Casualty Date
May 25, 1942 |
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Cause
Hostile, Died while Captured |
Reason
Intentional Homicide |
Location
Philippines |
Conflict
World War II/Asian-Pacific Theater |
Location of Interment
Manila American Cemetery - Taguig City, Philippines |
Wall/Plot Coordinates
Plot A Row 7 Grave 181 |
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Last Known Activity
Jack Alter enlisted in the Signal Corps of the AAC on 10 January 1940. He had attended college for one year.
As a private, he was stationed at Fort McDowell Military Reservation, Quarry Point, Angel Island, near Sausalito/Tiburon, California in 1940 as part of a "Casual Army Detachment".
Jack Alter died while being held as a POW by the Japanese at Camp O'Donnel, Luzon, Philippines.
He graduated from Parnassus High School, New Kensington, Pennsylvania in 1930 where he was editor of the school newspaper, treasurer of the French Club, played football and baseball. Acted as the lead in the school play (Adam's Apple), among other school activities. His goal was to become an athetic coach.
In the Senior Class Annual, The Tatler of Parnassus High School for the class oration he wrote:
"We can not and indeed must not expect to receive reward and public praise for what we can do. Our duty is to do the task at hand the best way we know how. To serve is to follow in the footsteps of the Master whose whole life was spent in serving others."
Note:
In Col. John E. Olson, O'Donnell - Andersonville of the Pacific: Extermination Camp of American Hostages in the Philippines, 1985, he is listed as a PFC serving with Hq. and Hq. Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group, V Interceptor Command. (Service number: 6889414). Listed as having died on 25 May 1942 in Camp 504. If he indeed served with the 24th PG, he arrived in Luzon in October 1941.
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Military Photo can be found at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56766571/jack-s_-alter
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