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Robert
R.
Kegebein
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War

    Action Date:

    1944 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 7947

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) Robert R. Kegebein (ASN: 0-812436), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after his aircraft was shot down in 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.