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Lyle
W.
Cameron
POW (Korea)
1929

–

Born:

Lincoln

, 

Nebraska

Home:

Lincoln

, 

Nebraska

Lyle Cameron entered military service as an enlisted man, and was commissioned in 1952. He was shot down over Korea and held by the Chinese as a Prisoner of War until 1955. He retired in 1975 as a U.S. Air Force Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    9th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

    Regiment:

    49th Fighter-Bomber Group

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (China)

    Action Date:

    October 26, 1952 – May 30, 1955
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    Second Lieutenant Lyle W. Cameron, United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 26 October 1952, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release by the Chinese on May 30, 1955.