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Navy Federal Credit Union
Vernon
E.
Gillespie
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    September 18, 1944 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 14014

    Sergeant Vernon E. Gillespie (ASN: 18105187), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German Forces after he was shot down on September 18, 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.