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David
Nash
POW (WWII)
October 12, 1914

–

August 3, 2007

David Nash graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Class of 1935. Listed as Missing in Action, his Navy Cross was posthumously awarded. In fact, Lieutenant Nash was a Prisoner of War who survived the war and was returned home at the war’s end.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    December 15, 1944
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 348 (March 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant David Nash (NSN: 0-75101), United States Navy, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States while a Prisoner of War in aiding injured shipmates aboard a Japanese prison ship off Olongapo, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 15 December 1944.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Lieutenant David Nash (NSN: 0-75101), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control during operations to liberate the Philippines in 1945.

  • Navy Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant

    Division:

    U.S.S. Mindanao (PR-8)

    Action Date:

    December 22 – 31, 1941
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 310 (January 1943)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Lieutenant David Nash (NSN: 0-75101), United States Navy, for extraordinary heroism and distinguished service in the line of his profession while serving on board the River Gunboat U.S.S. MINDANAO (PR-8), in the Philippine Islands, during the period 22 to 31 December 1941. While exposed to frequent horizontal and dive bombing attacks by enemy Japanese forces, Lieutenant Nash participated in operations of strategic importance involving hazardous missions. His conduct throughout was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Navy of the United States.