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Howard
R.
Evans
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant [then Corporal]

    Regiment:

    60th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment

    Action Date:

    March 15, 1942
    Headquarters, U.S. Forces, Pacific, General Orders No. 243 (October 10, 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 Staff Sergeant [then Corporal] Howard R. Evans (ASN: 7024992), United States Army, for gallantry in action at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, while serving with the 60th Coast Artillery (Anti-Aircraft) Regiment, on or about 15 March 1942. When a comrade was wounded and in need of treatment during a heavy enemy artillery bombardment, Sergeant Evans left his place of safety and with a companion commandeered a truck. Then, despite the shelling and aerial bombing, he drove (remainder of Citation Missing)

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – 1945

    Staff Sergeant Howard R. Evans (ASN: 7024992), United States Army, was captured by Japanese Forces after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in 1945.