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Navy Federal Credit Union
Tom
Adams
Brannin
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    March 6, 1943
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Private First Class Tom Adams Brannin (MCSN: 272079), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese in the Philippine Islands on 6 March 1943, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.