Compton DeMetselaer WISEMAN [c.1920-1958]

Submitted by ssuni86 on Mon, 01/15/2024 - 02:48
Names
Given
Compton DeMetselaer
Family
Wiseman
Sex
Male
Status
Deceased
Born
Date
(Day, Month, & Year are approximate.)
Birthplace (town, state)
Whitehouse, New Jersey
Birthplace (country)
United States
Died
Date
Died in (country)
United States
Cause of death
Heart attack

Seaman aboard the Admiral Y.S. Williams, an American freighter in dry dock at Hong Kong in December 1941.  Captured after the fall of Hong Kong on December 25, 1941.   Interned at Stanley, where he worked in the camp kitchen.  Repatriated in August 1942.  From Whitehouse, New Jersey.  After repatriation, joined OSS and deployed to the China-Burma-India theater.  Wife Eileen Barry Wiseman.  Parents William Wiseman and Ethel Compton Wiseman.

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