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Douglas
Graver
Gilbert
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Virginia

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

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (China)

    Action Date:

    1943 – 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Douglas Graver Gilbert (ASN: 0-19202), United States Army, was captured by Japanese forces during fighting in Rangoon in 1943, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.