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Navy Federal Credit Union
Charles
E.
Wellington
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War

    Action Date:

    March 17 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 18835

    Staff Sergeant Charles E. Wellington (ASN: 20118695), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about March 17, 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.