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Alfred
Schreiber
Balsam
POW (WWII)

Alfred Balsam graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1915. He was captured during the fall of Bataan in the Philippine Islands in 1942, and held as a Prisoner of War. He retired in 1946 as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    April 1942 to August 1945

    Colonel Alfred Schreiber Balsam (ASN: 0-3864), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Philippine Islands, in April 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Action Date:

    1945

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Alfred Schreiber Balsam (ASN: 0-3864), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States.