Funk, Sidney E.

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Battle of Corregidor 1942

Service number:: 280196
Nationality:: American

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Prisoner of War Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Corporal
Unit:: 4th Marine Regiment, Philippine Department, U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE), U.S. Army

Corporal Sidney E. Funk (MCSN: 280196), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese after the fall of Corregidor, Philippine Islands, on 6 May 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until he was returned to U.S. Military Control at the end of the war.

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- FROM SHANGHAI TO CORREGIDOR: Marines in the Defense of the Philippines
- Sidney Funk - Recipient -

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