Private First Class Amera was a member of the 680th Ordnance Company, which was stationed in the Philippines during World War II. He was captured on Corregidor Island following the Allied surrender and was taken to the Cabanatuan Prison Camp, where he died on October 4, 1942. He was buried in a communal grave in the camp cemetery along with other deceased American POWs; however, his remains could not be associated with any remains recovered from Cabanatuan after the war.
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