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Samuel
Shepherd
Smith
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    July 1, 1945 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    First Lieutenant Samuel Shepherd Smith (MCSN: 0-31592), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after he was shot down on 1 July 1945, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.