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Navy Federal Credit Union
Marvin
W.
Balhorn
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Radioman Third Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    December 23, 1941 – August 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Radioman Third Class Marvin W. Balhorn (NSN: 3213233), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Wake Island on 23 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.