Bio Image 
- Last Name: BATCHELOR
- First Name Middle Initial: WILLIAM CHARLES
- Nick Name:
- Street: 614 E 29 ST
- City &State: BRYAN, WA
- E-Mail:
- Zip: TX 77803
- Phone:
- Spouse:
- Conflict: WWII
- Service Branch: 12 AF 95 BS 17 BG
- Unit: Navy USS Houston
- Theater: ETO
- Where Captured: JAVA
- Date Captured: 03/1/42
- Bases Stationed:
- Camps Held In: Serang Jail, Changi, Bicycle Camp, Burma Railroad Of Death.
- How Long Interned:
- liberated / repatriated:
- Date Liberated: Died
- Age at Capture: 21
- Medals Received: PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART MEDAL, WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL, PHILIPPINE DEFENSE MEDAL, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION, ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL
- Military Job: Navy, USS Houston
- Company: Died in Prison Camp
- Occupation after War:
- Primary Civilian Employer:
- Date This Site First Published:
- Date Last Edited:
Military Bio:
William Batchelor survived many things during the war including the sinking of the USS Houston (CA 30) in which 700 crew members died. He was captured in Java, while he worked he was beaten and starved by his Japanese captors until he died at the age of 23 in the 80 Kilo Camp in the mountains of Burma on the infamous Death Railroad. Mr. Batchelor was a graduate of Fork Union Military Academy. He his interned at the National Arlington Cemetery.
My Message to Future Generations: Message for future generations - When you go home tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today. Remember Pearl Harbor!
