Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
James
B.
Shimel
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Quartermaster Clerk

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    May 7, 1942 – 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Quartermaster Clerk James B. Shimel (MCSN: 6970), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control in 1945.