Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Corporal

    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

    Corporal James Sample Ward (MCSN: 268048), 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.