Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Edwin
Virgil
Kerr
POW (WWII) KIA

Born:

, 

Illinois

Edwin Kerr graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1919. He was captured after the fall of Bataan in the Philippine Islands and survived the infamous death march, but died on a Japanese “Hell Ship” en route to Japan.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    April 1942 – Died in Captivity

    Lieutenant Colonel (Field Artillery) Edwin Virgil Kerr (ASN: 0-12304), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.