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Edgar
Joseph
Treacy
Jr.
POW (Korea) MIA
1914-01-10

–

May 31,1951

Born:

Woodhaven

, 

New York

Home:

Cedarhurst, Long Island

, 

New York

Buried: 

Honolulu

, 

Hawaii

Cemetery:

National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Courts of the Missing)

Edgar Treacy graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1935. He was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    5th Cavalry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Cavalry Division

    Action Date:

    Korean War
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Edgar Joseph Treacy, Jr. (ASN: 0-19892), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit (Posthumously) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, in Korea in 1951.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Cavalry)

    Division:

    IV Corps

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Headquarters, XIV Corps, General Orders No. 11 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Colonel (Cavalry) Edgar Joseph Treacy, Jr. (ASN: 0-19892), United States Army, for gallantry in action as G-3 (Operations Officer) for the FOURTEENTH U.S. Army Corps, in action against the enemy in the Philippine Islands, in 1944 and 1945. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Lieutenant Colonel Treacy, 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.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Korean War)

    Action Date:

    February 15, 1951 – MIA In Captivity
    Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

    Colonel (Infantry) Edgar Joseph Treacy, Jr. (ASN: 0-00019892), United States Army, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured on 15 February 1951 during the Korean War. He was unaccounted for after the war and is presumed to have died or been killed while in captivity.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    5th Cavalry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Cavalry Division

    Action Date:

    Korean War
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Infantry) Edgar Joseph Treacy, Jr. (ASN: 0-19892), United States Army, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit (Posthumously) for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, in Korea in 1951.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    5th Cavalry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Cavalry Division

    Action Date:

    Korean War
    Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division, General Orders No. 65 (1951)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Silver Star to Colonel (Infantry) Edgar Joseph Treacy, Jr. (ASN: 0-19892), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving as Commanding Officer of the 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, in action against the enemy in Korea, in 1951. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by Colonel Treacy, 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.