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Navy Federal Credit Union
Churchill
E.
Vaughan
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Storekeeper First Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

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

    Storekeeper First Class Churchill E. Vaughan (NSN: 3368186), 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 until returned to U.S. Military control after the end of hostilities in August 1945.