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Lillard
L.
Johnston
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Corporal

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    December 23, 1941 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Corporal Lillard L. Johnston (MCSN: 274544), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Wake Island on 23 December 1941, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.