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Navy Federal Credit Union
Kenneth
E.
Lowman
POW (WWII)

Home:

Orangeburg

, 

South Carolina

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain (MC)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Manchuria)

    Action Date:

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

    Captain (MC) Kenneth E. Lowman (NSN: 0-9886), 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.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Captain (MC)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 354 (September 1946)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (MC) Kenneth E. Lowman (NSN: 0-9886), 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 Fleet Surgeon on staff of Commander, U.S. Asiatic Fleet throughout World War II.