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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Salvador Formoso Reyes (ASN: 08614), Philippine Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while serving with the Philippine Scouts in the Philippine Islands in 1941 and 1942.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    Colonel Salvador Formoso Reyes (ASN: 08614), Philippine Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of the Philippine Islands in April/May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military Control in 1945.