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Floyd
Allen
Mitchell
POW (WWII) KIA
1901-11-16

–

1944-12-15

Born:

, 

Vermont

Home:

Barre

, 

Vermont

Buried: 

Manila

, 

Philippine Islands

Cemetery:

A.B.M.C. Manila (Wall of the Missing)

Floyd Mitchell graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1924. Captured at the fall of the Philippine Islands in 1942, he was being transported to Japan as a Prisoner of War aboard the “Hell Ship” Oryoku Maru” in 1944 when it was bombed by American aircraft that did not know that the enemy ship was carrying POWs, and was subsequently lost at sea.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – Died in Captivity

    Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Floyd Allen Mitchell (0-15535), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Regiment:

    91st Coast Artillery Regiment

    Division:

    Philippine Scouts

    Action Date:

    April 15 & 25, 1942
    War Department, General Orders No. 63 (1946)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Lieutenant Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Floyd Allen Mitchell (ASN: 0-15535), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 91st Coast Artillery Regiment, Philippine Scouts, in action on Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 15 and 25 April 1942. During extremely heavy enemy artillery fire, he courageously assisted in repairing the regimental telephone lines and on an occasion when two Filipino Scouts lay wounded in an area under heavy artillery concentrations, heroically made his way to where they lay and assisted them to safety. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Lieutenant Colonel Mitchell, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.