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Robert
William
Studer
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Iowa

Robert Studer graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1939. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Signal Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    Captain (Signal Corps) Robert William Studer (ASN: 0-21786), 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.