Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Private

    Division:

    POW (Rabaul & Japan)

    Action Date:

    February 28, 1943

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Private Cephas L. Kelly (MCSN: 421693), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after his TBF-1 Avenger aircraft was shot down over New Britain on 28 February 1943, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.