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Walter Scott Price

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: March 18, 1945 (68)
University of Santo Tomas, Sampaloc, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines (Pneumonia)
Place of Burial: Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
Immediate Family:

Son of Christian Price and Charlotte Price
Husband of Simeona Price
Father of Walter Scott Price, Jr.; Fred Price; Robert Price; Private; Joseph Price and 16 others
Brother of Frederick Price; Sophia Price; Robert Price; Charles Price; Lillie Howser and 2 others

Occupation: United States Army engineer
Managed by: Pocholo Del Prado
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About Walter Scott Price

Walter Scott Price was a United States Army engineer who was assigned in the Philippines for the Spanish–American War. He married Cavite native Simeona Custodio Kalingag, and after the war they migrated to Leyte. Price established several businesses in Tacloban, providing jobs to its residents and was fondly remembered as the "King of Tacloban". During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines of World War II, Price was interned at the UST camp in Manila. He was freed by General Douglas MacArthur's forces but died in 1945 shortly after his release.

Wikipedia

He was one of the 12 US Army engineers who were sent to the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. After he was honourably discharged from the US Army, he married Simeona, moved to Tacloban, and founded the Leyte Transportation Company Ltd (Letranco) .He became a WW2 prisoner of war, interred at the Los Banos Internment Camp in Laguna.

1880 United States census

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Walter Scott Price's Timeline

1876
September 26, 1876
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States
1914
September 25, 1914
Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
1919
February 9, 1919
Tacloban City, Leyte, Eastern Visayas, Philippines
1945
March 18, 1945
Age 68
University of Santo Tomas, Sampaloc, Manila, Metro Manila, Philippines
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