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Campbell
Palfrey
Jr.

Born:

, 

Louisiana

Campbell Palfrey graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1942. He retired as a U.S. Air Force Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Captain (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    February 1944 – May 1945

    Captain (Air Corps) Campbell Palfrey, Jr. (ASN: 0-24738), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about 2 February 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Division:

    Pacific Air Force

    Action Date:

    1965 – 1968
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Campbell Palfrey, Jr. (ASN: 0-24738), United States Air Force, was awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Director of Current Operations, Pacific Air Force, from 1965 to 1968.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Colonel

    Division:

    Department of the Air Force

    Action Date:

    1962 – 1965
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Colonel Campbell Palfrey, Jr. (ASN: 0-24738), United States Air Force, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with the Air Staff Board, Department of the Air Force, from 1962 to 1965.