Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Clifford
Stanley
Mehelich
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Ensign

    Batallion:

    Torpedo Squadron 1 (VT-1)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    July 15, 1945 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Ensign Clifford Stanley Mehelich (NSN: 0-403149), United States Navy, was captured by Japanese forces after his aircraft in Torpedo Squadron ONE (VT-1) was shot down on or about 15 July 1945, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in September 1945.