PFC Onis L. Brimhall 20814130 POW

Private First Class Onis Leon Brimhall 20814130 US Army POW. He was the, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brimhall. He entered the US army on November 25, 1940 from the Texas National Guard at the time he was a Private. He sailed for the Pacific on November 21, 1941; he served with F Battery, 131st Field Artillery; 36th Infantry Division. He was member of "Lost Battalion;" captured by the Japaneses on Java on March 8, 1942; He was held in a POW camp in Thailand he was liberated on September 5, 1945; he was discharged April 15, 1946, and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.

Private First Class Onis Leon Brimhall 20814130 US Army POW. He was the, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Brimhall. He entered the US army on November 25, 1940 from the Texas National Guard at the time he was a Private. He sailed for the Pacific on November 21, 1941; he served with F Battery, 131st Field Artillery; 36th Infantry Division. He was member of “Lost Battalion;” captured by the Japaneses on Java on March 8, 1942; He was held in a POW camp in Thailand he was liberated on September 5, 1945; he was discharged April 15, 1946, and was awarded the Purple Heart Medal.

1- Service Book Jack County Texas  Second World War 1941 – 1945 

2- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=2212&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Onis+Brimhall&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=3428

3- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Onis+Brimhall&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=2070959

4- https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=F&q=Onis+Brimhall&bc=&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=126377