Died non Battle. William R. Waller was captured on 7 May 1942 in the Southwest Pacific Theatre: Philippine Islands and died as Prisoner of War on 7 November 1942 at the Phillippines camp 14-121.
Buried at the Manila American Cemetery, Philippines, J, I, 15
The Knoxville News-Sentinel, 6 October 1943
The War Department today said it had been unable to locate relatives or friends of 16 men, including Sgt. William Waller, 263rd Quartermaster Co., who died in a Japanese prison camp. Sgt. Waller was born at Bridgeport, Tenn., (Cocke County) on Oct. 15, 1888. He was white and single. Enlisted Nov. 21, 1940 at Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands, and gave his home address as Bridgeport. He died on a date not reported in a Japanese prison camp in the Philippines. Emergency addresse to be located is Mrs. Lillie Cunningham, sister, St. Louis, Mo. Clifford Waller, brother, at Camp Grant, Ill, was also named, but the War Department said “all efforts to locate the emergency addressees have been unsuccessful.”
- Rank: Sergeant
- Date of birth: 15 October 1888
- Date of death: 7 November 1942
- County: Cocke
- Hometown: Bridgeport
- Service Branch: Army/Army Air Forces
- Division/Assignment: Quartermaster Corps
- Theater: Pacific
- Conflict: World War II
- Burial/Memorial Location: Manila American Cemetery, Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines
- Location In Memorial: Pillar VIII, Middle Panel
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