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Navy Federal Credit Union
Loris
Richard
Miller
POW (Korea)

Home:

Berlin

, 

Ohio

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    8th Fighter Squadron

    Regiment:

    19th Bombardment Wing

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    September 14, 1951 – September 2, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    First Lieutenant Loris Richard Miller (ASN: 0-1908938), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 14 September 1951, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 2 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.