Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
Melbourne
N.
Banowetz
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    September 16, 1943
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 15370

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Melbourne N. Banowetz (ASN: 0-735965), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces on or about September 16, 1943 and was held as a prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.