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Byron
C.
Gordon
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands & Japan)

    Action Date:

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

    Private First Class Byron C. Gordon (MCSN: 299951), 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.