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Walter
Nevins
Flournoy
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Action Date:

    November 25, 1951 – July 25, 1952
    Heroes U.S. Marine Corps, 1861 – 1955: Jane Blakeney

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Walter Nevins Flournoy (MCSN: 0-5343), United States Marine Corps, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States in Korea during the period from 25 November 1951 through 25 July 1952.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    December 9, 1941 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Captain Walter Nevins Flournoy (MCSN: 0-5343), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Guam on 9 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.