Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Bernis
F.
Bowers
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War

    Action Date:

    April 24, 1944 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 12791

    Staff Sergeant Bernis F. Bowers (ASN: 38318652), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by enemy forces after his plane was shot down on April 24, 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in 1945.