Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    February 22, 1944 – May 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 7670

    Staff Sergeant Vernon C. Caldwell (ASN: 35564987), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after his plane was shot down on February 22, 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.