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Robert
C.
Lemke
POW (Korea)

Home:

Wabeno

, 

Wisconsin

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    25th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

    Regiment:

    51st Fighter Wing

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    April 8, 1951 – September 6, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    First Lieutenant Robert C. Lemke (AFSN: 0-1903233), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 8 April 1951, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 6 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.