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(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.

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.