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Eugene
H.
Ballard
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    June 6, 1944 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 15867

    Staff Sergeant Eugene H. Ballard (ASN: 39904078), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after his plane was shot down on June 6, 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.