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Robert
John
Lawlor
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Ohio

Robert Lawlor graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1933. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Regiment:

    92d Coast Artillery Regiment (Philippine Scouts)

    Action Date:

    1942
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Captain (Coast Artillery Corps) Robert John Lawlor (ASN: 0-19036), 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 as Commanding Officer, Battery B, 92d Coast Artillery Regiment, Philippine Scouts, in the Philippine Islands, in 1942.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Action Date:

    February 1960 – July 1963
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 37 (August 9, 1963)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Coast Artillery Corps) Robert John Lawlor (ASN: 0-19036), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States from February 1960 to July 1963.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Coast Artillery Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    Captain (Coast Artillery Corps) Robert John Lawlor (ASN: 0-19036), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.