• Awards: Netherlands to USA
• Battle of the Java Sea

Date of birth:

January 18th, 1916

Date of death:

April 10th, 1995

Buried on:

Arlington National Cemetery
Plot: 1. Grave: 827-A.

Service number:

0-81028

Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant Commander

Unit:

U.S.S. Pope (DD-225), U.S. Navy

Awarded on:

July 2nd, 1946

Dutch East Indies - Java Sea - Makassar Strait and Badoeng Strait (Lombok Strait)

Royal decree no. 50

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Lieutenant (junior grade)

Unit:

U.S.S. Pope (DD-225), U.S. Navy

Lieutenant, Junior Grade William O. Spears, Jr. (NSN: 0-81028), United States Navy, was captured by the Japanese after his ship, the U.S.S. POPE (DD-225), was sunk on 1 March 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in August 1945.

• - Nederlandse onderscheidingen aan Amerikaanse staatsburgers voor de Tweede Wereldoorlog
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Battle of the Java Sea