Humber Charles Ingram, Jr.

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Charles Ingram, Jr. Humber is honored on the following 1 monument(s) in our database:

West Point Philippines Defense Memorial

Name:

Charles Ingram, Jr. Humber

Rank:

Lieutenant Colonel

Serial Number:

O-18584

Unit:

United States Army

Date of Death:

1945-01-12

State:

Georgia

Cemetery:

Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines

Plot:

Tablets of the Missing

Row:

Grave:

Decoration:

Legion of Merit, POW Medal

Comments:

Charles Ingram Humber Jr. was born on May 3, 1905, in Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. He was the son of Charles Ingram Humber Sr. and Frances Perry "Fannie" Garrard Humber. He was married to Harriet St. Guilhem Humber. He attended public schools in Georgia and a military preparatory school in Milledgeville before studying at Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, to prepare for West Point. Entering the Academy in 1925, served as captain of the football team and a cadet lieutenant, earning All-American honors as a guard during his final two years. After briefly leaving for academic reasons, he attended William & Mary and returned to West Point, graduating with the Class of 1931. Following graduation, Humber was stationed at Randolph Field and later Fort Sam Houston, where he served in the 23rd Infantry Regiment. In 1935, he attended the Infantry School at Fort Benning, graduating in 1936 and joining the 29th Infantry, where he served for four years as a munitions officer, assistant supply officer, company commander, and athletic coach. In 1940, he was assigned to the Philippines.

By August 1941, Humber was a Captain with the 3rd Battalion, 31st Infantry Regiment, and later became Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, under Major General W. F. Sharp. He was promoted to Major in April 1942 and Lieutenant Colonel the following month. Captured after the fall of the Philippines, he was reported missing in May 1942 and confirmed as a prisoner of war in May 1943 at PW Camp #1 in Cabanatuan. He was held as a prisoner of war until December 1944, when he was placed aboard the unmarked Oryoku Maru for transport to Japan. Surviving its sinking, he was transferred to the Brazil Maru, where he died on January 23, 1945, reportedly of acute colitis. His remains were never recovered.

LTC Humber's name is memorialized in the Tablets of the Missing in the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial, Manila, Capital District, National Capital Region, Philippines.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, alumni.westpointaog.org, dpaa-mil.sites.crmforce.mil