New Mexico native Thomas P. Foy (1914-2011) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/ftbayard.asp. 
He graduated from the University of Notre Dame (IN) in the late 1930s and began to practice law. He enlisted in the National Guard in 1941 and went to the Philippine Islands. First Lieutenant Foy was in the Pacific that December when the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brought the United States into World War II. He was captured in April 1942 and was among the more than 70,000 Filipino and U.S. troops marched 60 miles across the Bataan Peninsula. Foy survived 44 months in a POW camp before being rescued; he received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, and other commendations for his service. As a civilian Foy married and returned to his legal career. He was elected as county district attorney in 1949-1956 and to the state legislature in 1970-1998.
https://www.abqjournal.com/61826/veteran-survived-death-march.html.
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