Buchanan County

 
Sgt. Gerald Henry Dunlap

 

 

 

Gerald Henry Dunlap was born Sept. 26, 1914 to Eugene Alvin and Ida Frances Baker Dunlap. He died July 9, 1942 and is memorialized in Fairview Cemetery, Winthrop, IA. He was buried in Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Philippines.

Sgt. Dunlap served with the U.S. Army in World War II and was attached to the 20th Air Force at Nichols Field. He died as a result of malaria and beri-beri at Orani, Bataan, Philippine Island, while evading capture by the Japanese.

Source: ancestry.com