WWII soldier, taken prisoner in the Philippines, accounted for

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WWII soldier, taken prisoner in the Philippines, accounted for
By Jessica Edwards
Feb 27, 10:30 AM
Honor guardsmen assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), render honors during an honorable carry at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 27, 2020.
Honor guardsmen assigned to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA), render honors during an honorable carry at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Jan. 27, 2020. Cases containing possible remains of U.S. service members, were recovered from various sites in the Republic of the Philippines and will be examined by forensic anthropologists and odontologists at DPAA’s skeletal identification laboratory. (MCS1 Tyler Thompson/Navy)

An Army soldier taken as a prisoner of war during World War II has been accounted for, according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

Pvt. Leroy M. Slenker was a member of the 75th Ordnance Depot Company in the Philippines in late 1941. He was captured and died as a prisoner of war, according to the agency.

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