Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
William
Thomas
Bedwell
POW (WWII) KIA

Home:

Long Beach

, 

California

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Gunnery Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    May 7, 1942 – September 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Gunnery Sergeant William Thomas Bedwell (MCSN: 194486), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his death while still in captivity.