Facundo Morandarte - I000046 - Individual Information - Buhi Genealogy (Beta)

Facundo Morandarte (I000046)

Given Names: Facundo
Surname: Morandarte

Gender: Male

Birth: estimated Jan 1910 Buhi, Camarines Sur
Death: estimated Feb 1942 Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines

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Birth	estimated Jan 1910 Buhi, Camarines Sur Quality of Data: 0 Note: Sensitive:0
Marriage	estimated 1925 (Age 15) Rosalia Arroyo - Buhi, Camarines Sur Quality of Data: 0 Note: Sensitive:0
Death	estimated Feb 1942 (Age 32) Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines Cause of death: mortally wounded by a Japanese sniper's bullet Note: There has been no record acquired of Facundo Morandarte's death to verify the general details of his death or burial. Though it is assumed that he was an officer in the Philippines Scouts during World War II and believed to have been KIA after finishing the infamous 'Bataan Death March.' The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have not yet released any documentation (if any) of this event. Two separate information has been given by his daughter, Virginia and another by Abraham Claveria, a former neighbor. Virginia M. Taburnal: It is said that after Facundo went missisng, U.S. military officers informed his children at Fort Bonifacio (then McKinley) that he was MIA. Though a friend of Facundo also an officer in the Scouts is said to have seen Facundo gunned down by a Japanese sniper in Tarlac. None of this facts have been verified. No further information has been released to this day. It will probably take years to find out what happened that fateful day in 1942. For Facundo's children the boys were sent to other relatives while the girls stayed together with an uncle. Abraham A. Claveria: Between 1923-1924, Facundo enlisted with the U.S. Army in the Philippines, he trained soldiers at Purong Kasabangan in Buhi. He held a formation at the Plaza on the July 14 after parading around the town, during the festivities in Bgy. San Buena. c. 1925-26 He married and reside close to the present Claveria residence in San Buena where he put up a photo studio. Later he enlisted for the 2nd time in the U.S. Army in c. 1935. He had been stationed at Ft. McKinley (Bonifacio) in Manila, during the Japanese Occupation. It was rumored that Facundo was one of the casualties in the Japanese-aerial bombing of their mess hall where he was on kitchen detail (KP duty) about the 8th or 9th of December 1941. Facundo's name is now engraved in the 'Missing Wall' similar to the Vietnam War Memorial Wall at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes Graves) in Taguig City.
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Death	There has been no record acquired of Facundo Morandarte's death to verify the general details of his death or burial. Though it is assumed that he was an officer in the Philippines Scouts during World War II and believed to have been KIA after finishing the infamous 'Bataan Death March.' The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs have not yet released any documentation (if any) of this event. Two separate information has been given by his daughter, Virginia and another by Abraham Claveria, a former neighbor. Virginia M. Taburnal: It is said that after Facundo went missisng, U.S. military officers informed his children at Fort Bonifacio (then McKinley) that he was MIA. Though a friend of Facundo also an officer in the Scouts is said to have seen Facundo gunned down by a Japanese sniper in Tarlac. None of this facts have been verified. No further information has been released to this day. It will probably take years to find out what happened that fateful day in 1942. For Facundo's children the boys were sent to other relatives while the girls stayed together with an uncle. Abraham A. Claveria: Between 1923-1924, Facundo enlisted with the U.S. Army in the Philippines, he trained soldiers at Purong Kasabangan in Buhi. He held a formation at the Plaza on the July 14 after parading around the town, during the festivities in Bgy. San Buena. c. 1925-26 He married and reside close to the present Claveria residence in San Buena where he put up a photo studio. Later he enlisted for the 2nd time in the U.S. Army in c. 1935. He had been stationed at Ft. McKinley (Bonifacio) in Manila, during the Japanese Occupation. It was rumored that Facundo was one of the casualties in the Japanese-aerial bombing of their mess hall where he was on kitchen detail (KP duty) about the 8th or 9th of December 1941. Facundo's name is now engraved in the 'Missing Wall' similar to the Vietnam War Memorial Wall at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (Heroes Graves) in Taguig City.