Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Division:

    Prisoner of War

    Action Date:

    May 7, 1942 – 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1945

    Corporal Wesley H. Wells (ASN: 11014925), United States Army Air Forces, was captured after the fall of the Philippine Islands on or about May 7, 1942 and was held by the Japanese as a prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in 1945.