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Navy Federal Credit Union
Thomas
F.
Purcell
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:

    June 20, 1944
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 22302

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Thomas F. Purcell (ASN: 0-667551), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about June 20, 1944and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.