Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Robert
E.
White
POW (WWII) KIA

Home:

Union City

, 

Tennessee

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Division:

    Prisoner of War ()

    Action Date:

    1942 – Died in Captivity
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade Robert E. White (NSN: 0-231197), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.