(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain Thomas H. Hayes (NSN: 0-59043), 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 as Senior Naval Medical Officer in the Philippine Islands, Senior Operating Surgeon of Army Fort Mills Hospital on Corregidor, and as a Prisoner of War; Chief of Surgery at the Bilibid Prison Hospital from 2 July 1942, and Commanding Officer, Bilibid Prison Camp, from September 1943.
Sponsored by:
Thomas
H.
Hayes
POW (WWII) KIA
Home:
Alexandria
,
Virginia
Buried:
Manila
,
Philippine Islands
Cemetery:
A.B.M.C. Manila
Awards Received
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Legion of Merit
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Prisoner of War Medal
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Legion of Merit
Service:
United States NavyRank:
CaptainDivision:
Prisoner of War (Philippine IslandsAction Date:
July 2, 1942 – September 1943
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 355 (October 1946) -
Prisoner of War Medal
Service:
United States NavyRank:
CommanderDivision:
Prisoner of War (Formosa)Action Date:
May 6, 1942 – Died in Captivity
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947Commander Thomas H. Hayes (NSN: 0-59043), 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 his death while still in captivity.