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Navy Federal Credit Union
Melvin
R.
Fulkerson
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War

    Action Date:

    August 16, 1944 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 11983

    Staff Sergeant Melvin R. Fulkerson (ASN: 37510326), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by enemy forces after his plane was shot down on August 16, 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in 1945.