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Frank
Elmer
McCreary
POW (WWII) KIA
October 20, 1902

–

January 4, 1943

Born:

St. Louis

, 

Missouri

Home:

Marble Hill

, 

Missouri

Frank McCreary was a member of the U.S.S. Perch, which was scuttled on March 3, 1942 after being seriously damaged in a prior engagement with Japanese Naval Forces. (It was the first U.S. Submarine lost in the war.) Subsequently captured by the Japanese, he was interned as a Prisoner of War. He died in captivity of pneumonia on or about 4 January 1943.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Machinist’s Mate First Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Java & Japan)

    Action Date:

    March 3, 1942 – January 4, 1943
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Machinist’s Mate First Class Frank Elmer McCreary (NSN: 3461679), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after his submarine, U.S.S. PERCH (SS-176), was scuttled on 3 March 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.