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James
Francis
Webb
POW (WWII)

James Webb was a member of the U.S.S. Perch, which was scuttled on March 3, 1942 after being seriously damaged in a prior engagement with Japanese Naval Forces. (It was the first U.S. Submarine lost in the war.) Subsequently captured by the Japanese, he was interned as a Prisoner of War.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Quartermaster First Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Java & Japan)

    Action Date:

    March 3, 1942 – August 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Quartermaster First Class James Francis Webb (NSN: 2681460), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after his submarine, U.S.S. PERCH (SS-176), was scuttled on 3 March 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control after the end of hostilities in August 1945.