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Lawrence
W.
O’Connell
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War

    Action Date:

    January 1 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 18167

    Staff Sergeant Lawrence W. O’Connell (ASN: 17159973), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about January 1, 1945 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.