Remains of World War II POW, Bataan Death March survivor identified

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Remains of World War II POW, Bataan Death March survivor identified
By Staff Reports
Thursday, Apr 6
Japanese troops guard American and Filipino prisoners during the Bataan Death March. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Defense Department researchers have identified the remains of a 28-year-old Army private who was captured and died as a Prisoner of War during World War II.

Pvt. Leroy M. Slenker, 28, of El Segundo, California served as a member of 75th Ordnance Depot Company in 1941 when Japanese forces invaded the Philippine Islands in December, according to a release from the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency.

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