VIRTUAL MEMORIAL HALL

    Ex-POW

    5 honorees
    LT SAMUEL W. PRESTON, USN

    Samuel Preston

    Class of 1862
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    January 15, 1865 (22 years old)
    KIA Second Battle of Fort Fisher USS Malvern (1860) Civil War Ground Ex-POW Ship Namesake Naval Academy Cemetery
    LT BENJAMIN H. PORTER, USN

    Benjamin Porter

    Class of 1863
    Lieutenant | US Navy
    January 15, 1865 (20 years old)
    KIA Second Battle of Fort Fisher USS Malvern (1860) Civil War Ground Ex-POW
    LTCOL WILLIAM F. HARRIS, USMC

    William Harris

    Class of 1939
    Lieutenant Colonel | US Marine Corps
    December 6, 1950 (32 years old)
    KIA 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines Korea Ground Navy Cross ex-POW Family USNA 12th Company
    LCDR JOHN E. DUNN, USN

    John Dunn

    Class of 1939
    Lieutenant Commander | US Navy
    December 13, 1946 (31 years old)
    Operational loss Fixed Wing Legion of Merit ex-POW USNA 4th Company
    COL RICHARD E. LEARY, USAF

    Richard Leary

    Class of 1941
    Colonel | US Air Force
    April 25, 1952 (34 years old)
    Operational loss Fixed Wing Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross Bronze Star ex-POW USNA 12th Company