Cread E. Shuey, age 23, from Arizona, Maricopa county.
Service era: World War II
Date of death: Sunday, September 27, 1942
Death details: On February 26, 2019, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced the identification of Sergeant Cread E. Shuey, missing from World War II. Sergeant Shuey, who entered the U.S. Army from Arizona, served with G Battery, 60th Coast Artillery Regiment. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the American surrender on May 6, 1942, and died of illness, likely dysentery, malaria, and malnutrition, on September 27, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province. He was buried in communal grave 439 in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs. Following the war, the remains were recovered from Cabanatuan; however, his remains were not associated at the time and were then buried as “unknowns” at U.S. Armed Forces Cemetery 2 in Manila. In 2016, these remains were accessioned into a DPAA laboratory where U.S. analysts used modern forensic techniques and identified SGT Shuey from among these collective remains.
Source: National Archives, Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency