Bernard J. Curran DPAA

Photograph of Private Bernard J. Curran (1922–1942), who entered the U.S. Army Air Forces from Massachusetts at age 18. He served with the 17th Pursuit Squadron, 24th Pursuit Group in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured following the U.S. surrender of the Bataan Peninsula on April 9, 1942, and forced on the Bataan Death March. He was ultimately interned in the notorious Cabanatuan Prison Camp in Nueva Ecija Province, where he died on November 14, 1942. His remains were identified by the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, and he was officially accounted for on August 2, 2024. On June 2, 2025, soldiers from the U.S. Army Band, the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment and the Caisson Detachment conducted full military funeral honors with escort for Curran in Section 62 of Arlington National Cemetery. • Video

Date

1940

Photographer / author

Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

image

Original size

435 × 546 pixels

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