Edward Trisler – Harrodsburg Tanker

Edward Vivian Trisler

Corporal

BIRTH 15 SEP 1921 • Mercer County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 23 DEC 1942 • Japanese POW Camp Cabanatuan #1, Philippines. Highest Grade Completed; Elementary school, 7th grade. Occupation; Farmer. (He was not married)

Edward V. Trisler Corporal Edward Vivion Trisler joined the Harrodsburg National Guard unit some time prior to the activation in November 1940. He was taken prisoner on 9 April 1942 and survived the Death March. He was held at Camp O’Donnell and Cabanatuan #1. He died of dysentery at Cabanatuan on December 23, 1942.

Corp. Edward V Trisler BIRTH, 15 Sep 1921, Kentucky, USA DEATH, 23 Dec 1942 (aged 21), Philippines BURIAL, Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines PLOT, Plot N, Row 8, Grave 96 MEMORIAL ID, 56763948 Edward Trisler served with the 192nd Tank Battalion defending the Philippines against the Imperial Japanese Invasion. He lost his life while a POW of the Japanese. The 192nd and 194th Tank Battalions defended the Philippines against the Imperial Japanese Invasion in what was America's first tank engagement of World War II. Overwhelmed, the 192nd and 194th covered the retreat to the Bataan Peninsula. They defended the air field, the beaches, and provided support to the Infantry. On 8 Apr 1942, the tank units received codeword "Crash", which was an order to destroy their remaining Stuart tanks. On 9 Apr 1942, American and Filipino forces on Bataan were compelled to surrender. The Bataan Death March followed. Gravesite Details Entered the service from Kentucky.