This is all I was able to find about him.
A letter dated Aug. 25, 1916, from the commandant of Naval Station Guam that requested transportation for military personnel going from Guam to Manila. Tydingco is listed as a general court martial prisoner. A passenger list from the United States Transport Thomas, dated March 18, 1917, traveling from Manila to San Francisco lists Tydingco as a general court martial prisoner.
He was confined at San Quentin Prison March 22, 1917, sentenced to life in prison for murder. He was listed as a naval prisoner.
He died of unknown causes in 1920 and he is buried in Mare Island Cemetery, beyond a locked gate, with limited access. His last name on his tombstone is misspelled as Tindinco rather than Tydingco. It seems no one cared enough to properly bury him.
Despite his transgression, Tydingco was a son of Guam, a son, a seaman in Navy, and deserves to be remembered and not forgotten.
If anyone has any information about Tydingco’s family or about him, I would appreciate if it could be sent to me: Arthur Meilicke, 2000 Pear Valley Dr., Elizabethtown, KY 42701.
Arthur Meilicke is a resident of Elizabethtown, Kentucky.
