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John
Raymond
Lovell
POW (Korea) MIA

Born:

, 

Iowa

Home:

Arlington

, 

Virginia

John Lovell graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1927. He was captured during the Korean War and interned as a Prisoner of War. He was not among those returned at the wars end, and is listed as Missing in Action. His remains have never been recovered.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Korean War)

    Action Date:

    December 4, 1950 – MIA In Captivity
    Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office

    Colonel John Raymond Lovell (AFSN: 924A), United States Air Force, was held as a Prisoner of War after he was captured on 4 December 1950 during the Korean War. He was unaccounted for after the war and is presumed to have died or been killed while in captivity.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Action Date:

    1941 – 1945
    War Department, General Orders No. 113 (1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) John Raymond Lovell (AFSN: 924A), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States during World War II.