Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    January 5, 1944 – May 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 27057

    Staff Sergeant Donald F. Lynch (ASN: 35347138), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces during fighting in Europe on or about January 5, 1944and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.