Lloyd Thomas Durbin

Corporal, U. S. Marine Corps

Silver Star

GENERAL ORDERS:
Dispatch 4-27-42, filed on case 1740-55-65
CITATION:
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (Army Award) to Private First Class Lloyd T. Durbin (MCSN: 288559), United States Marine Corps, for gallantry in action while serving with Company I, 3d Battalion, Fourth Marine Regiment, at Fort Mills, Philippine Islands, on 15 February 1942.
During the course of an enemy artillery bombardment on Fort Mills, Private First Class Durbin, without regard for his personal safety, voluntarily left a place of shelter, and assisted in the removal of wounded Navy personnel from the South Dock, over ground exposed to enemy fire.

GENERAL ORDERS:
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947
CITATION:
Private First Class Lloyd T. Durbin (MCSN: 288559), 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 returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.