Sponsored by:

Navy Federal Credit Union
William
Allen
Orr
POW (WWII), DNB (1950)

Born:

, 

Georgia

William Orr graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1938.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers) William Allen Orr (ASN: 0-21064), 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 1945.