Jack Berkely Fritts
Graduating
Class of 1937
Served in
World War II
Captain
Jack Berkely Fritts
Army
Hometown
Hannibal, MO
Date of Birth
Location of Death
Unknown
Date of Death
Location of Burial
Unknown
More About Captain Fritts
Captain Fritts was held as a prisoner of war in the Philippine Islands.
In December, 1944, he boarded the Oryoku Maru for Japan. American planes attacked the ship not knowing that there were POW aboard. Upon realizing this, they waited until the POW escaped the ship to sink it. Capt. Fritts then boarded the Enouru Maru that eventually reached Takao, Formosa. It was during this trip that Captain Fritts died.