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Donald
Curtis
POW (WWII)
1896-04-14

–

1988-03-19

Home:

, 

New Jersey

Buried: 

Annapolis

, 

Maryland

Cemetery:

U.S. Naval Academy Cemetery

Donald Curtis retired as a U.S. Marine Corps Brigadier General.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Manchuria)

    Action Date:

    May 6, 1942 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Colonel Donald Curtis (MCSN: 0-213), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until he was returned to U.S. Military Control at the end of the war.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Regiment:

    4th Regiment (Marines)

    Action Date:

    December 1941 – May 1942

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Donald Curtis (MCSN: 0-213), 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 as Executive Officer, 4th Regiment (Marines) in the Philippine Islands from December 1941 to May 1942.