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(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Third Lieutenant Antonio Pabalan Chanco, Philippine Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer of an Engineer Battalion, 91st Division, Philippine Army, in the Philippine Islands, in 1942.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Third Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    April 1942 – Escape

    Third Lieutenant Antonio Pabalan Chanco, Philippine Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Bataan, Philippine Islands, in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his successful escape from captivity in 1943.