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Byron
Elias
Brugge
POW (WWII) KIA

Born:

, 

New York

Byron Brugge graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1934.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Colonel (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    December 3, 1944 – Died in Captivity

    Colonel (Air Corps) Byron Elias Brugge (ASN: 0-19379), United States Army Air Forces, was shot down on 3 December 1944 and held by the Japanese as a Prisoner of War until his death in captivity on or about 4 March 1945.