Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Joseph
Sheldon
Knutson
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Radioman First Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    April 22, 1943 – August 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Radioman First Class Joseph Sheldon Knutson (NSN: 3932107), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after his submarine the USS GRENADIER (SS-210) was sunk on 22 April 1943, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control in August 1945.